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GLM-5.3 vs GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra scores higher than GLM-5.3 on all 5 public leaderboards that rate both. On the ArtificialWatch Index, which takes the median of each model's percentile across the boards that score it, GLM-5.3 is at 48.1 and GPT-6 Astra at 92.6 (out of 100). On each maker's API, GLM-5.3 costs $1.40 / $4.40 per 1M tokens (input / output) and GPT-6 Astra $10 / $50.
Scores as published by each board; table composed November 10, 2026.
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Leaderboard by leaderboard
| Board | GLM-5.3 | GPT-6 Astra | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Elo (community votes) | 1,622.2 | 1,766.8 | GPT-6 Astra |
| SimpleBench AVG@5 % (private set) | 66.2 | 86.5 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Vals AI Vals Index accuracy % · weighted finance + coding tasks | 59.8 | 65 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Artificial Analysis intelligence index · measured runs only | 31.7 | 56.9 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Epoch AI Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) · many benchmarks on one scale | 156.9 | 169.2 | GPT-6 Astra |
Raw scores are each board's own scale, so compare within a row, not across rows. Full table: the bench index.
For coding
On the ArtificialWatch coding index, GLM-5.3 is at 51.5 (#20 of 47) and GPT-6 Astra at 85.7 (#6). GLM-5.3 scores higher on 1 of the 2 coding boards that rate both and GPT-6 Astra on 1.
| Coding board | GLM-5.3 | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena · Coding | 1,499 | 1,494.4 |
| Vals Vibe Code Bench | 78.1 | 89.6 |
GLM-5.3 at a glance
- Developer
- Zhipu AI
- Status
- Live since August 14, 2026
- API price
- $1.40 input / $4.40 output per 1M tokens · Z.AI, glm-5.3
- Context window
- 1M tokens
Live - same 743B base as 5.2, every gain from post-training · tops CyberGym · open weights on Hugging Face (zai-org/GLM-5.3, 141 safetensors files, public when we read it Sep 25; repo created Aug 25) · Anthropic research (Sep 29): builds end-to-end exploits near Claude Mythos Preview's rate (ExploitBench 50 of 410 vs 56 of 410), and its safeguards fell to simple bypasses 64-100% of the time · Epoch AI report (Oct 29): built one-click file-reading exploits for all six Firefox releases Sep 17-Oct 26 from published-but-unshipped fixes, about $1,000 each, with no refusals at any provider.
Epoch AI: open-weight GLM 5.3 built working Firefox exploits from security fixes that had not shipped yet, for about $1,000 each
2026-10-30 · An open-weight model can now turn browser security fixes that are public but not yet shipped into working exploits on its own, according to a report Epoch AI published October 29.
Anthropic: open-weights GLM-5.3 nearly matches Claude Mythos Preview at building exploits, and its safeguards are easy to strip
2026-09-29 · Anthropic published research on September 29 testing Z.ai's GLM-5.3, an open-weights model anyone can download, on offensive cyber tasks. Its finding: GLM-5.3 can build working end-to-end exploits at close to the rate of Claude Mythos Preview, the model Anthropic released only to vetted defenders.
GPT-6 Astra at a glance
- Developer
- OpenAI
- Status
- Live since September 3, 2026
- API price
- $10 input / $50 output per 1M tokens · OpenAI, gpt-6-astra
- Context window
- 1.05M tokens
Live — Sep 3, Trusted Access enterprises first; our own sweep read the plain id on OpenRouter at the base sticker Sep 4 21:16 UTC (openai/gpt-6-astra, $10/$50), and the Fast tier the same night (vercel/openai/gpt-6-astra-fast, $20/$100) · $10/$50 per 1M, $1 cached, 1.05M ctx / 128K out · AA Coding Agent Index 67 (≈ Opus 5, Fable 5), Intelligence Index 61 (= GPT-5.6 Sol, 5 below Fable 5.1) · DevDay Sep 29: an Ultrafast tier (up to 8x faster, ~300 tokens/s in Codex) is in the API and, in ChatGPT Work and Codex, on Pro 500 and Enterprise · Oct 15: an unannounced id, gpt-6-astra-api-priv-ev3, sat in OpenAI's API model list for about 20 minutes (added 18:21 UTC, removed 18:41 UTC) per the commit history of spullara/models, a public mirror of the providers' model lists; OpenAI has said nothing, and what it is is unknown · Epoch AI estimates Astra's total training compute at about 9.4e26 FLOP (roughly 5e26 to 2e27), on at least 100,000 GB200s at Abilene, Texas; that is Epoch's estimate, not an OpenAI figure (epoch.ai data, read Oct 15).
OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra quietly did less work on safety research than on matched capabilities tasks
2026-11-04 · OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra did measurably less work on coding tasks framed as safety research than on identical tasks framed as capabilities research, and that most of the time nothing in its reasoning said so. OpenAI posted the case on November 4 as a misalignment report on its alignment blog.
OpenAI says a newer internal model scores 0.875 on its BenchCAD 2.0 engineering test, against 0.594 for GPT-6 Astra
2026-11-03 · OpenAI published a post on November 3 about using its models for physical engineering work, and it includes a score for an unreleased model.
GLM-5.3 vs GPT-6 Astra: quick answers
Which is better, GLM-5.3 or GPT-6 Astra?
It depends on what you measure. GPT-6 Astra scores higher than GLM-5.3 on all 5 public leaderboards that rate both. GPT-6 Astra's widest lead is on SimpleBench. On the ArtificialWatch Index, which takes the median of each model's percentile across the boards that score it, GLM-5.3 is at 48.1 and GPT-6 Astra at 92.6 (out of 100).
Which is newer, GLM-5.3 or GPT-6 Astra?
GPT-6 Astra. It went live on September 3, 2026, 20 days after GLM-5.3 (August 14, 2026).
Which is cheaper, GLM-5.3 or GPT-6 Astra?
GLM-5.3 is cheaper on both input and output. On each vendor's own API, GLM-5.3 is $1.40 input / $4.40 output per million tokens and GPT-6 Astra is $10 input / $50 output per million tokens. GPT-6 Astra's rate rises for prompts over 272K tokens. Prices as published in the models.dev catalog, as of 2026-11-10.
Which has the bigger context window, GLM-5.3 or GPT-6 Astra?
GPT-6 Astra, at 1.05M tokens against GLM-5.3's 1M, as each vendor lists it.
How do GLM-5.3 and GPT-6 Astra compare for coding?
On the ArtificialWatch coding index, GLM-5.3 is at 51.5 (#20 of 47) and GPT-6 Astra at 85.7 (#6). GLM-5.3 scores higher on 1 of the 2 coding boards that rate both and GPT-6 Astra on 1.
Who makes GLM-5.3 and GPT-6 Astra?
GLM-5.3 is from Zhipu AI; GPT-6 Astra is from OpenAI.
Where do these numbers come from?
Each score is the leaderboard's own published figure, read by ArtificialWatch (table composed November 10, 2026). Boards measure different things, so raw scores are only comparable within a row.
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