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GLM-5.3 vs North Micro Vision Instruct

Comparing GLM-5.3 and North Micro Vision Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Zhipu AI · Cohere · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

GLM-5.3 and North Micro Vision Instruct trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose GLM-5.3

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

Choose North Micro Vision Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

GLM-5.3
Zhipu AI
North Micro Vision Instruct
Cohere
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$1.40 / M
— / M
Output price
$4.40 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Released
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
License
Unknown
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

GLM-5.3 and North Micro Vision Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

750.6B diff

GLM-5.3 has 750.6B more parameters than North Micro Vision Instruct, making it 31275.0% larger.

Zhipu AI
GLM-5.3
753.0Bparameters
Cohere
North Micro Vision Instruct
2.4Bparameters
753.0B
GLM-5.3
2.4B
North Micro Vision Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only GLM-5.3 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only GLM-5.3 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Zhipu AI
GLM-5.3
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Cohere
North Micro Vision Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Aug 24 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

North Micro Vision Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas GLM-5.3 does not.

North Micro Vision Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

GLM-5.3

Text
Images
Audio
Video

North Micro Vision Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GLM-5.3 was released on 2026-08-14, while North Micro Vision Instruct was released on 2026-08-12.

GLM-5.3 is 0 month newer than North Micro Vision Instruct.

GLM-5.3

Aug 14, 2026

1 weeks ago

2d newer
North Micro Vision Instruct

Aug 12, 2026

1 weeks 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 GLM-5.3 and North Micro Vision Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

GLM-5.3
✓ Preferred
North Micro Vision Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about GLM-5.3 vs North Micro Vision Instruct.

Which is better, GLM-5.3 or North Micro Vision Instruct?

GLM-5.3 (Zhipu AI) and North Micro Vision Instruct (Cohere) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does GLM-5.3 compare to North Micro Vision Instruct in benchmarks?

GLM-5.3 scores Terminal-Bench 2.1: 88.2%, CyberGym: 84.5%, FrontierSWE: 78.1%, Toolathlon: 73.0%, DeepSWE 1.1: 66.9%. North Micro Vision Instruct scores DocVQA: 92.1%, ChartQA: 80.8%, OCRBench: 79.2%, AI2D: 77.5%, IFEval: 74.9%.

What are the context window sizes for GLM-5.3 and North Micro Vision Instruct?

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

What are the main differences between GLM-5.3 and North Micro Vision Instruct?

Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Unknown vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes GLM-5.3 and North Micro Vision Instruct?

GLM-5.3 is developed by Zhipu AI and North Micro Vision Instruct is developed by Cohere.

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