GLM 5.3 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
GLM 5.3 leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 44.8 to 8.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 20.0x less per output token ($0.22 vs $4.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 35 benchmarks have a result for both.
GLM 5.3 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: which to pick
Only GLM 5.3 has a coding score, 70.6 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for output tokens 20.0x cheaper ($0.22 vs $4.40 per million).
- Shared results
- 35
- GLM 5.3 only
- 68
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
- 7
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only GLM 5.3 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GLM 5.3
GLM 5.3 leads, 44.8 against 8.9.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
GLM 5.3
GLM 5.3 leads, 53.1 against 1.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only GLM 5.3 has a GPQA Diamond result, 88.1%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only GLM 5.3 has a MMLU Pro result, 86.8%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GLM 5.3 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1294.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only GLM 5.3 has a Vals Index result, 59.7%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GLM 5.3
GLM 5.3 takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
GLM 5.3 $0.0036, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only GLM 5.3 has the number, $0.36.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- GLM 5.3 70.6 from 6 benchmarks, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 52.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Coding Index: GLM 5.3 74.8 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 14.4, 60.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GLM 5.3 $4.40 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 per million output tokens, 20.0x apart.
- Context window
- GLM 5.3 takes 1.05M tokens, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 262K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | GLM 5.3 | Bars | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 4 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 18 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 35 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index40
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 82.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1621 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 74.8 | 14.4 | GLM 5.3 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 80.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 95.4% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 38.9% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 78.1% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 44.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 1.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 68.4% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 71.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 20.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 47.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 72.1% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 74.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| SciCode | 59.0% | 30.6% | GLM 5.3 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 13.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| FrontierCode | 40.1% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| FrontierSWE | 30.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| WeirdML | 75.4% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1317.4 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1497 | 1378 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1493 | 1383 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1641 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1595 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 | 95.6% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 44.8 | 8.9 | GLM 5.3 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.0 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 53.1 | 1.0 | GLM 5.3 |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1193 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1189 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1229 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LiveBench research | 73.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 0.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 35.9% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 9.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 55.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 39.7% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 49.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 14.6% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 56.3% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 5.7% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 40.9% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| APEX-Agents | 56.6% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $8,164 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| MCP Atlas | 84.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 88.1% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 85.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 23.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.7% | 75.7% | GLM 5.3 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 42.3% | 11.4% | GLM 5.3 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 90.9% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 37.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 33.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1490 | 1348 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1514 | 1355 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1496 | 1376 | GLM 5.3 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Scale run) | 16.4% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 91.0 | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 91.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 91.1% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 68.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 29.3% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| ProofBench | 49.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1495 | 1371 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1497 | 1375 | GLM 5.3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 86.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 84.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 72.4% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 42.9% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 79.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 41.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1498 | 1353 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1481 | 1349 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1473 | 1341 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1459 | 1346 | GLM 5.3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1294 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1311 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1311 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1261 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1331 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1303 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1292 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1208 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LiveBench design | 77.3% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index180
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 59.7% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 70.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 68.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 88.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 71.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.7% | 38.0% | GLM 5.3 |
| DTBench | 87.7% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LMCA | 55.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1474 | 1348 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1479 | 1303 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1458 | 1269 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1482 | 1377 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1459 | 1320 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1532 | 1383 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1488 | 1348 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1460 | 1268 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1460 | 1269 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1503 | 1396 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1462 | 1376 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1469 | 1304 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1466 | 1303 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1472 | 1319 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1483 | 1300 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1469 | 1283 | GLM 5.3 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1447 | 1293 | GLM 5.3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Z.ai GLM 5.3 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | NVIDIA |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | August 18, 2026 | December 14, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.40 | $0.055 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.40 | $0.22 |
| Coding index | 70.6 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 6 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.36 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GLM 5.3 better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for coding?
Only GLM 5.3 has a coding score, 70.6 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for output tokens 20.0x cheaper ($0.22 vs $4.40 per million).
Which is cheaper, GLM 5.3 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
GLM 5.3 costs $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 and $0.22. Cost per solved task is known for GLM 5.3 only.
Which has the bigger context window, GLM 5.3 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
GLM 5.3, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the GLM 5.3 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison based on?
35 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GLM 5.3's coding index rests on 6 independent benchmarks and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.