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Buyer summary
GLM-5.3 leads Quality by 3.7 points. Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Value by 17.0 points.
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Side-by-side summary
Side-by-side summary
Deterministic scores
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Q 38.4
V 71.7
Quality rank 10 and value rank 1 in the current published roster.
GLM-5.3
Q 42.1
V 54.7
Quality rank 7 and value rank 6 in the current published roster.
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Gemini 3.8 Flash
API cost per standard conversation: $0.00765
GLM-5.3
API cost per standard conversation: $0.00960
Benchmark evidence
Humanity's Last Exam
No-tools accuracy
Artificial Analysis
Terminal-Bench 4.0
Average pass@1
Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience
AA-Omniscience Index
Artificial Analysis
AA-LCR v1.1
Average pass@1
Artificial Analysis
Benchmark evidence
Editorial excerpt
A low-cost Google model to trial, but plan for its introductory pricing to end.
Gemini 3.8 Flash is worth testing when keeping API costs down is a priority. Its current rates are introductory, so check Google's pricing page for when they end and build that into any longer-term budget. The independent results were measured at a high reasoning setting. Don't assume the Flash name means it will be fast in your setup, or that a low token price guarantees a low cost per finished task; measure both in your own workflow.
Editorial excerpt
A lower-cost alternative worth testing before you commit to premium-model spending.
GLM-5.3, from Z.ai, is a good candidate for a cost-conscious coding or reasoning trial. Its API rates are well below premium pricing, and Z.ai also offers a cheaper Flash version, so the real question is whether the larger model does enough extra for your work to justify the difference. Run both against the same checks. The independent results give a useful reference point, but app availability and response speed have not been verified here and are worth checking separately.
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Humanity's Last Exam
No-tools accuracy
Artificial Analysis
Terminal-Bench 4.0
Average pass@1
Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience
AA-Omniscience Index
Artificial Analysis
AA-LCR v1.1
Average pass@1
Artificial Analysis