GLM-5.3 ranks #2 open-weight on Vals Index, tops Legal Research and Code Migration

AccBalanced · x · 2026-09-01

Vals Index published full results for GLM-5.3: it scores 57.0, making it the #2 open-weight model behind Kimi K3, and #13 of 50 models overall, up from #18 for GLM-5.2. Among open-weight models it takes #1 on proprietary Legal Research, #1 on Code Migration, and #2 on Finance Agent v2. The poster adds that GLM-5.3 is showing strong capabilities in legal and financial reasoning beyond coding.

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