Apodex 1.1 vs GLM-5.3 (Low)

Which is better for the money: Apodex 1.1 by Apodex or GLM-5.3 (Low) by Z AI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

ApodexApodex 1.1Off the frontier

Intelligence: 26.40
Total cost: $939

Z AIGLM-5.3 (Low)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 34.30
Total cost: $1013

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.3 (Low) scores 7.9 points higher (34.3 vs 26.4) but costs 1.1× as much to run the benchmark ($1013 vs $939; both premium class). Pick GLM-5.3 (Low) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Apodex 1.1.

Metric	Apodex 1.1	GLM-5.3 (Low)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	26.4	34.3	+29.9% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 29.9% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$939.06	$1,012.50	+7.8% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 7.8% more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	Not reported	30.79s	— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.30 / $3.00	$1.40 / $4.40
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text

GLM-5.3 (Low) vs Apodex 1.1: 29.9% more intelligence, 7.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and end-to-end time not fully reported.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Apodex 1.1 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
GLM-5.3 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.

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