GLM-5.3 Flash vs Muse Glimmer-30B: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
GLM-5.3 Flash is developed by Zhipu AI, while Muse Glimmer-30B comes from Meta. Both were released in August 2026. GLM-5.3 Flash is the larger model at roughly 320 billion parameters, against 30 billion for Muse Glimmer-30B.
The two models share 3 published benchmarks. GLM-5.3 Flash leads on 3 of them. The widest gaps are on Humanity's Last Exam, where GLM-5.3 Flash scores 55.3% against 22.0%; Terminal-Bench 2.1, where GLM-5.3 Flash scores 84.3% against 51.7%. Averaged across everything we track, GLM-5.3 Flash sits at 64.1% and Muse Glimmer-30B at 65.1%.
GLM-5.3 Flash is available through an API at $0.15 per million input tokens with a 1M-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for Muse Glimmer-30B, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
| Characteristic | GLM-5.3 Flash | Muse Glimmer-30B |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Zhipu AI | Meta |
| Release Date | August 26, 2026 | August 10, 2026 |
| Parameters | 320B | 30B |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | — |
| Context (output) | 131K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.15 | — |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.50 | — |
| Average Score | 64.1% | 65.1% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Humanity's Last Exam | 55.3% | 22.0% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.3% | 51.7% |
| CharXiv-R | 89.4% | 78.8% |
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Verdict
GLM-5.3 Flash leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: GLM-5.3 Flash — 0.6, Muse Glimmer-30B — 0.7.
GLM-5.3 Flash is newer: released 8/26/2026 vs 8/10/2026.
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