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GLM-5.3-Flash

Release Ruler for GLM-5.3-Flash: released Aug 26, 2026, no USD price stated, license not stated. Each thin stem on the ruler is another model we track.

GLM-5.3-Flash is Z.ai's latest language model in our dataset, released Aug 26, 2026. Z.ai's GLM-5.3-Flash, released Aug 26, 2026 with native visual capabilities and a hybrid linear and sparse attention design. Verified against vendor sources on Oct 26, 2026.

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  • ReleasedAug 26, 2026

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Key facts

GLM-5.3-Flash: key facts with sources
FactValueSource
VendorZ.ain/a
ReleasedAug 26, 2026source
Statusgenerally availablen/a
Parameters320B total, 18B active, hybrid linear and sparse attentionsource

Where GLM-5.3-Flash sits in our data

How GLM-5.3-Flash differs from GLM-5.3

Read from the recorded facts of the two models, not from a head-to-head test. We have not run either.

  • We have no recorded price for GLM-5.3-Flash; GLM-5.3 has one.
  • GLM-5.3-Flash came out 12 days after GLM-5.3.
  • Facts for the other model: GLM-5.3.

What we tested

Nothing yet. We have not run GLM-5.3-Flash ourselves, so every fact on this page is Reported from the sources below. When we do test it, the scope will be stated here and in our test logs. See methodology.

Not verified, left out

We could not confirm these on a vendor page, so we do not state them.

  • Context window, license and price were not captured from Z.ai's own pages; Mistral's changelog lists a 1M-token context and $0.15 / $0.50 per 1M tokens for its hosted copy, which we did not treat as Z.ai's own figures.

Sources

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