GLM-5.3 Flash review: Fixes 13 bugs with high cost-performance
PawelHuryn · x · 2026-08-27
In the Ox Alpha benchmark featuring 2 real repos and 105 planted bugs, GLM-5.3 Flash successfully fixed 13 bugs (out of 49 missed by all 17 frontier models). It ranked just behind Gemini 3.7 Flash (18) and DeepSeek V4-Flash (14), outperforming Opus 4.8 (9). The author highlights its significant price advantage.
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