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GLM is Zhipu AI’s open-weight model family, strong on Chinese, code, and agentic benchmarks. Both base and chat variants ship under permissive licenses.
See all models from Z.aiModels in family
11
Open weight
10
API only
1
Avg score
53.5
Top benchmark
99.2
AIME 2026
Total HF downloads
2.6M
Primary modality
Text
Context window
128K – 1.0M
First release
Jan 2025
Latest release
Aug 2026
Every release in the GLM family, ranked by composite score across benchmarks, popularity, efficiency, and versatility.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GLM-4 Plus (0111)API | text | BB68.1 | — | Jan 2025 |
| 2 | audio | BB68.0 | 1.5B | Dec 2025 | |
| 3 | text | BB64.2 | 744B | Feb 2026 | |
| 4 | text | BB63.0 | 744B | Jun 2026 | |
| 5 | text | BB61.5 | 744B | Mar 2026 | |
| 6 | text | BB56.8 | 358B | Dec 2025 | |
| 7 | text | CC53.0 | 355B | Aug 2025 | |
| 8 | audio | CC42.2 | — | Dec 2025 | |
| 9 | text | CC42.1 | 355B | Sep 2025 | |
| 10 | text | CC41.0 | 320B | Aug 2026 |
When a family spans multiple modalities, the strongest model in each one.
How the family splits across text, image, video, audio, embedding, and decision releases.
When each release shipped, newest first. Useful for tracking version cadence.
Aug 26
Jun 14
Mar 31
Feb 10
Jan 14
Dec 21
Dec 11
Dec 1
Sep 29
Aug 7
Jan 10
Composite grades across this family. Higher is better, blending benchmarks, popularity, and efficiency.
Models with downloadable weights, ranked by composite score.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | audio | BB68.0 | 1.5B | Dec 2025 | |
| 2 | text | BB64.2 | 744B | Feb 2026 | |
| 3 | text | BB63.0 | 744B | Jun 2026 | |
| 4 | text | BB61.5 | 744B | Mar 2026 | |
| 5 | text | BB56.8 | 358B | Dec 2025 | |
| 6 | text | CC53.0 | 355B | Aug 2025 | |
| 7 | audio | CC42.2 | — | Dec 2025 | |
| 8 | text | CC42.1 | 355B | Sep 2025 | |
| 9 | text | CC41.0 | 320B | Aug 2026 | |
| 10 | image | DD28.3 | 16B | Jan 2026 |
Closed-source releases accessed through Z.ai’s API.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GLM-4 Plus (0111)API | text | BB68.1 | — | Jan 2025 |
The GLM family is a series of AI models from Z.ai. This page lists every release in the family with its benchmark scores, parameter count, and hardware requirements.
By composite score, GLM-ASR-Nano-2512 is currently the top model in the family. For local inference, match the parameter count to your VRAM budget. For quality, pick the highest scorer that fits.
See the open-weight section above for models you can run locally. The API-only section lists closed releases that must be accessed through the provider’s API.
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Find Local Hardware
See which GPU, Mac, or workstation can run GLM on-prem.
Local LLM Mini PCs
Compact machines that run GLM on your desk. Chosen for local inference.
Benchmark data sourced from: Hugging Face, Arena.ai, Artificial Analysis.
