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GLM 5.3 High vs Max

Keep the GLM 5.3 model fixed and compare its tested High and Max reasoning efforts.

GLM 5.3 · max scores 0.4 points higher overall.

Overall: backend 40% · frontend 30% · reasoning 30%

Scores, time and cost

GLM 5.3 High vs Max — Published evaluation results
Metric	GLM 5.3high	GLM 5.3max
Overall	65.2	65.6
Backend & testing	64	53
Frontend & interaction	82	78
Knowledge & reasoning	50	70
Three-axis time	63m 57s	153m 23s
Three-axis cost	$2.16	$1.83

Each column uses three axes from one configuration, without mixing efforts. Costs exclude subscriptions and failed retries; missing values are shown as “—”.

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How to read these results

Is GLM 5.3 Max worth using instead of High?

A higher effort does not guarantee a higher score on every axis. Check whether the capability you need improves, then compare the added time and cost. These are completed evaluations, not guaranteed gains for all tasks; missing scores are not filled with zero.

This page uses ModelDial’s published evaluations, not official vendor rankings. Model detail pages provide the axis results, scoring versions and tested configurations.