GLM-5.3 (Max) vs Solar Pro 3

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.3 (Max) by Z AI or Solar Pro 3 by Upstage? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

Z AIGLM-5.3 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 44.80
Total cost: $2503

UpstageSolar Pro 3Off the frontier

Intelligence: 7.80
Total cost: $159

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.3 (Max) scores 37.0 points higher (44.8 vs 7.8) but costs 16× as much to run the benchmark ($2503 vs $159; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GLM-5.3 (Max) when you need intelligence above 7.8, and Solar Pro 3 when 7.8 is enough.

Metric	GLM-5.3 (Max)	Solar Pro 3	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	44.8	7.8	−82.6% Solar Pro 3 is 82.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,503.48	$159.22	−93.6% Solar Pro 3 is 93.6% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	31.62s	18.89s	−40.3% Solar Pro 3 is 40.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$0.15 / $0.60
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Solar Pro 3 vs GLM-5.3 (Max): 82.6% less intelligence, 93.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 40.3% faster end-to-end.

Open this matchup in the interactive picker GLM-5.3 (Max): what beats it Solar Pro 3: what beats it

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.
Solar Pro 3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 41.20 for $158.

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