ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 vs GLM 5.3
ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 took 50 min 46 s and $1.26 at list price, GLM 5.3 took 20 min 1 s and $0.78 at list price. ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 took 2.5× as long and cost 1.6× as much.
ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0
Baidu · $3.94/M out
GLM 5.3
Z.ai · $3.60/M out · 3,306 HN pts
Pelican
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Landing
Build the landing page for Lumen Cycles, a Copenhagen workshop that builds custom cargo bikes to order. Make it look like a real brand you would trust with 4,000 euros.
Breakout
Make a Breakout game I can play right now with the keyboard or the mouse. Give it several levels, a score and some juice.
Blank first frame. Press Run.
Logo
Design a logo for Night Heron, an independent bookshop that only opens after dark.
Specs and numbers
| ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 | GLM 5.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Baidu | Z.ai |
| Made in | — | China |
| Released | 10 Nov 2026 | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $1.13 | $0.084 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $3.94 | $3.60 |
| Context | 1,024,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Weights | closed | open |
| Hacker News points | — | 3,306 |
| Time for the four prompts | 50 min 46 s | 20 min 1 s |
| List price of the four prompts | $1.26 | $0.78 |
GLM 5.3 was cheaper: $0.48 less at list price, and less on 3 of the 4 prompts. GLM 5.3 was faster: 30 min 44 s less in total, and faster on each of the 4 prompts.
In the recording, ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0's Breakout game plays; GLM 5.3's stopped painting. GLM 5.3's Breakout game showed a blank first frame when the still was taken. ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 has no watch: not run yet. ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 has no About page: not run yet.
Tea Garden experiment: GLM 5.3's game passed 1 of 5 checks; ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 was not in it.