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Atria Dawn Preview vs GLM-5.3

Atria Dawn Preview and GLM-5.3 are closely matched at 52.3 and 52.7 on the LLM Stats Score.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · Zhipu AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview and GLM-5.3 are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 52.3 and 52.7.

The models split the 4 individual benchmarks reported for both models evenly.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose GLM-5.3

  • you want predictable pricing at $1.20/M input and $4.00/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
GLM-5.3
Zhipu AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
52.7
#9
Reasoning
50.5
#12
51.9
#6
Coding
36.2
#22
42.6
#7
Agents
38.8
#10
39.4
#8
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 4
2 of 4
Input price
— / M
$1.20 / M
Output price
— / M
$4.00 / M
Context window
—
1,048,576

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Atria Dawn Preview
GLM-5.3
Tool use
31.1#12
33.4#5
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 17 for GLM-5.3

4 shared

Atria Dawn Preview outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AutomationBench, CyberGym), while GLM-5.3 is better at 2 benchmarks (GDPval-AA, Terminal-Bench 2.1).

Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.

Mon Sep 21 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

9.0B diff

GLM-5.3 has 9.0B more parameters than Atria Dawn Preview, making it 1.2% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
Zhipu AI
GLM-5.3
753.0Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
753.0B
GLM-5.3

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only GLM-5.3 specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only GLM-5.3 specifies output context (1,048,576 tokens).

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Zhipu AI
GLM-5.3
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output1,048,576 tokens
Mon Sep 21 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while GLM-5.3 uses GLM-5.3 License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

GLM-5.3

GLM-5.3 License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while GLM-5.3 was released on 2026-08-14.

Atria Dawn Preview is 1 month newer than GLM-5.3.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

1 weeks ago

4w newer
GLM-5.3

Aug 14, 2026

1 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and GLM-5.3 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs GLM-5.3.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or GLM-5.3?

Atria Dawn Preview and GLM-5.3 are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 52.3 and 52.7. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and GLM-5.3 is made by Zhipu AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to GLM-5.3 in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. GLM-5.3 scores Terminal-Bench 2.1: 88.2%, CyberGym: 84.5%, FrontierSWE: 78.1%, Toolathlon: 73.0%, DeepSWE 1.1: 66.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Atria Dawn Preview and GLM-5.3?

Atria Dawn Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and GLM-5.3 supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and GLM-5.3?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 52.7), licensing (MIT vs GLM-5.3 License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and GLM-5.3?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and GLM-5.3 is developed by Zhipu AI.

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