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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

GLM-5.3-Flash vs GPT-6 Luna vs Muse Spark 1.3

GPT-6 Luna comes out ahead, 83 to 77 and 73 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Z.ai (Zhipu)

    GLM-5.3-Flash

    Released Aug 26, 2026

    77/100
    • ECI151.9
    • Price$0.15 / $0.50
    • Context1M
  2. Our pick

    OpenAI

    GPT-6 Luna

    Released Sep 22, 2026

    83/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.10 / $0.50
    • Context1.05M
  3. Meta

    Muse Spark 1.3

    Released Sep 2, 2026

    73/100
    • ECI156.9
    • Price$1.25 / $4.25
    • Context1.05M
01 — Verdict

GPT-6 Luna is our pick

GPT-6 Luna is the better all-round choice, scoring 83/100 against GLM-5.3-Flash (77) and Muse Spark 1.3 (73). It leads on capability and price. Muse Spark 1.3 wins on inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025), because GPT-6 Luna has no Capabilities Index score yet.

  • CapabilityGPT-6 LunaShared benchmarks: GPT-6 Luna 88.9% · Muse Spark 1.3 86.8% · GLM-5.3-Flash 74.8%
  • Lowest priceGPT-6 LunaGPT-6 Luna $0.20 · GLM-5.3-Flash $0.237 · Muse Spark 1.3 $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGPT-6 Luna and Muse Spark 1.3GPT-6 Luna 1,050,000 · Muse Spark 1.3 1,048,576 · GLM-5.3-Flash 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsMuse Spark 1.3GLM-5.3-Flash: Text, Images, PDFs, Video · GPT-6 Luna: Text, Images, PDFs · Muse Spark 1.3: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video
  • Self-hostingGLM-5.3-FlashPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGLM-5.3-FlashGPT-6 LunaMuse Spark 1.3
CapabilityShared benchmarks50%758987
Price25%798336
Inputs & features15%9080100
Context window10%606161
Overall100%77/10083/10073/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

GLM-5.3-Flash vs GPT-6 Luna vs Muse Spark 1.3 specifications side by side
SpecificationGLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai (Zhipu)GPT-6 LunaOpenAIMuse Spark 1.3Meta
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)151.9—156.9 (best)
ECI rank#42 of 148—#17 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions90.2%90.5% (best)—
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics55.8%79.0% (best)74.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics93.9%98.9%99.2% (best)
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—41.4%—
Price per million tokens
Input$0.15$0.10 (best)$1.25
Output$0.50 (best)$0.50 (best)$4.25
Cached input$0.03$0.01 (best)$0.15
Blended (3:1)$0.237$0.20 (best)$2.00
Long-context rateSame rateOver 272K: $0.20 / $0.75Same rate
Price sourceOfficial Z.AI APIOfficial OpenAI APIOfficial Meta API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,050,000 tokens (best)1,048,576 tokens
Max output131,072 tokens (best)128,000 tokens131,072 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesYesYes
PDFsYesYesYes
AudioNoNoYes
VideoYesNoYes
ReasoningYeslow · high · maxYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · maxYesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesYesYes
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietaryProprietary
API model IDglm-5.3-flashgpt-6-lunamuse-spark-1.3
API providers65 (best)2412
ReleasedAug 26, 2026Sep 22, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Knowledge cutoff—May 18, 2026—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • GLM-5.3-Flash$2.50
  • GPT-6 Luna$2.00
  • Muse Spark 1.3$21.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: GLM-5.3-Flash, GPT-6 Luna or Muse Spark 1.3?

GPT-6 Luna is the better all-round choice, scoring 83/100 against GLM-5.3-Flash (77) and Muse Spark 1.3 (73). It leads on capability and price. Muse Spark 1.3 wins on inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025), because GPT-6 Luna has no Capabilities Index score yet.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.3-Flash, GPT-6 Luna or Muse Spark 1.3?

GPT-6 Luna is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). GLM-5.3-Flash costs $0.15 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price); Muse Spark 1.3 costs $1.25 input / $4.25 output per million tokens (official Meta API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.20 per million tokens for GPT-6 Luna versus $0.237 for GLM-5.3-Flash (1.2× as much) and $2.00 for Muse Spark 1.3 (10× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Not every model here has a Capabilities Index score, so we compare the average of shared benchmarks (FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025): GPT-6 Luna 88.9%, Muse Spark 1.3 86.8% and GLM-5.3-Flash 74.8%. On individual benchmarks: FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — GPT-6 Luna 79.0%, Muse Spark 1.3 74.4%, GLM-5.3-Flash 55.8%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Muse Spark 1.3 99.2%, GPT-6 Luna 98.9%, GLM-5.3-Flash 93.9%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GLM-5.3-Flash, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Spark 1.3 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GPT-6 Luna leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Luna and Muse Spark 1.3 have the largest context windows (1,050,000 and 1,048,576 tokens), against 1,000,000 for GLM-5.3-Flash. Maximum output per response: GLM-5.3-Flash up to 131,072, GPT-6 Luna up to 128,000, Muse Spark 1.3 up to 131,072 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

GLM-5.3-Flash accepts text, images, PDFs and video; GPT-6 Luna accepts text, images and PDFs; Muse Spark 1.3 accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video. Muse Spark 1.3 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

GLM-5.3-Flash publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; GPT-6 Luna and Muse Spark 1.3 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

GPT-6 Luna is the newest, released Sep 22, 2026. Muse Spark 1.3 came out Sep 2, 2026; GLM-5.3-Flash came out Aug 26, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-6 Luna May 18, 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.