Muse Wonder vs GLM-5.3
Muse Wonder comes out ahead, 68 to 63 on our weighted score, though GLM-5.3 is 3.7× cheaper per token.
- Our pick
Meta
Muse Wonder
68/100- ECI161.7
- Price$4.00 / $20.00
- Context1.05M
Z.ai (Zhipu)
GLM-5.3
63/100- ECI156.2
- Price$1.40 / $4.40
- Context1M
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Muse Wonder is our pick
Muse Wonder is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against GLM-5.3 (63). It leads on capability and inputs & features. GLM-5.3 wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityMuse WonderCapabilities Index (ECI): Muse Wonder 161.7 · GLM-5.3 156.2
- Lowest priceGLM-5.3GLM-5.3 $2.15 · Muse Wonder $8.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextMuse WonderMuse Wonder 1,048,576 · GLM-5.3 1,000,000 tokens
- Widest inputsMuse WonderMuse Wonder: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · GLM-5.3: Text
- Self-hostingGLM-5.3Publishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Muse Wonder | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 91 | 84 |
| Price | 25% | 7 | 33 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 100 | 45 |
| Context window | 10% | 61 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 68/100 | 63/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 161.7 (best) | 156.2 |
| ECI rank | #13 of 165 (best) | #33 of 165 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | — | 90.9% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 82.1% (best) | 68.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 99.4% (best) | 91.1% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | — | 41.0% |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $4.00 | $1.40 (best) |
| Output | $20.00 | $4.40 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.20 (best) | $0.26 |
| Blended (3:1) | $8.00 | $2.15 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Meta API | Official Z.AI API |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 131,072 tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No |
| PDFs | Yes | No |
| Audio | Yes | No |
| Video | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max | Yeslow · high · max |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | muse-wonder-1.0 | glm-5.3 |
| API providers | 9 | 83 (best) |
| Released | Oct 12, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
What would a month cost?
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Muse Wonder$80.00
GLM-5.3$22.80
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Muse Wonder or GLM-5.3?
Muse Wonder is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against GLM-5.3 (63). It leads on capability and inputs & features. GLM-5.3 wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Muse Wonder or GLM-5.3?
GLM-5.3 is cheaper at $1.40 input / $4.40 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price). Muse Wonder costs $4.00 input / $20.00 output per million tokens (official Meta API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $2.15 per million tokens for GLM-5.3 versus $8.00 for Muse Wonder (3.7× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Muse Wonder scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Muse Wonder 161.7 (#13 of 165) and GLM-5.3 156.2 (#33 of 165). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (159.2–164.6 vs 154.3–158.5), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — Muse Wonder 82.1%, GLM-5.3 68.8%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Muse Wonder 99.4%, GLM-5.3 91.1%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Muse Wonder and GLM-5.3 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Muse Wonder leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Wonder has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for GLM-5.3. Maximum output per response: Muse Wonder up to 131,072, GLM-5.3 up to 131,072 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Muse Wonder accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; GLM-5.3 accepts text. Muse Wonder handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
GLM-5.3 publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Muse Wonder is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Muse Wonder is the newest, released Oct 12, 2026. GLM-5.3 came out Aug 14, 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 Nov 2, 2026.