Z.ai is the brand of Zhipu AI, the Beijing lab behind the GLM open-weight model family and the CogVideoX / CogView visual generators. Z.ai serves both open weights and a closed API tier.
Visit Z.aiModels tracked
9
Open weight
8
API only
1
Avg score
52.3
Top benchmark
97.9
MATH-500
Total HF downloads
3.1M
Context window
128K – 1.0M
First release
Jan 2025
Latest release
Jun 2026
Ranked by composite score across benchmarks, popularity, efficiency, and versatility.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GLM-4 Plus (0111)API | text | BB68.5 | — | Jan 2025 |
| 2 | audio | BB67.4 | 1.5B | Dec 2025 | |
| 3 | text | BB60.6 | 744B | Jun 2026 | |
| 4 | text | BB57.0 | 744B | Feb 2026 | |
| 5 | text | BB55.9 | 744B | Mar 2026 | |
| 6 | text | BB55.7 | 358B | Dec 2025 | |
| 7 | text | CC50.8 | 355B | Aug 2025 | |
| 8 | text | DD36.5 | 355B | Sep 2025 | |
| 9 | image | FF18.7 | 16B | Jan 2026 |
The strongest model from this provider in each modality. Click a card to open the model page.
How this provider’s catalog splits across text, image, video, audio, and embedding.
Composite grades across this provider’s catalog. Higher is better, blending benchmarks, popularity, and efficiency.
Models with downloadable weights, ranked by composite score.
Closed-source models accessed through Z.ai’s API.
API pricing is per million tokens unless noted otherwise.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GLM-4 Plus (0111)API | text | BB68.5 | — | Jan 2025 |
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Z.ai ships 9 models that we track. Of those, 8 are open weight and 1 are accessed through their API.
It depends on the model. See the open-weight section above for models you can run locally, and the API-only section for closed models priced per token.
By composite score, GLM-ASR-Nano-2512 is currently the top Z.ai model in our directory. Composite score blends benchmarks, popularity, efficiency, and versatility.
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