GLM-5.3 (Max) vs Kimi K3 (Max)

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.3 (Max) by Z AI or Kimi K3 (Max) by Kimi? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Clear winner

Z AIGLM-5.3 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 44.80
Total cost: $2503

KimiKimi K3 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 43.60
Total cost: $3658

Verdict

Pick GLM-5.3 (Max)

Kimi K3 (Max) vs GLM-5.3 (Max): 2.7% less intelligence, 46.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 85.2% slower end-to-end.

Metric	GLM-5.3 (Max)	Kimi K3 (Max)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	44.8	43.6	−2.7% Kimi K3 (Max) is 2.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,503.48	$3,658.07	+46.1% Kimi K3 (Max) is 46.1% more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	31.62s	58.57s	+85.2% Kimi K3 (Max) is 85.2% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$3.00 / $15.0
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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GLM-5.3 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
Kimi K3 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.

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