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GLM-Image
GLM-Image is Z.ai's latest image-generation model in our dataset, released Jan 14, 2026. Z.ai's GLM-Image, an image generation model combining autoregressive semantic understanding with diffusion decoding, launched Jan 14, 2026. Verified against vendor sources on Oct 26, 2026.
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- ReleasedJan 14, 2026
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Key facts
Where GLM-Image sits in our data
- Released Jan 14, 2026 (week 3 of 2026), in January 2026. It is the only model in our data released that month.
- All releases by date: AI model releases by month · new AI models this week.
How GLM-Image differs from GLM-5
Read from the recorded facts of the two models, not from a head-to-head test. We have not run either.
- GLM-Image is a image model; GLM-5 is a llm model.
- GLM-Image came out 29 days before GLM-5.
- Facts for the other model: GLM-5.
What we tested
Nothing yet. We have not run GLM-Image 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.
- License and price were not captured.
Sources
More from Z.ai
- GLM-5 (Feb 12, 2026)
- GLM-5.1 (Apr 7, 2026)
- GLM-5.2 (Jun 16, 2026)
- GLM-5.3 (Aug 14, 2026)
- GLM-5.3-Flash (Aug 26, 2026)