GLM-5.3
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GLM · General · glm-5-3
GLM-5.3: Specs, GPU Requirements and License
GLM-5.3 is a current General release in the GLM family, certified from its immutable official source revision.
Reference only
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Total parametersNot published by manufacturer
Active parametersDense model
Context windowN/A / Not directly comparable
Release statusCurrent · Current
Architecture
ModalitiesText
Licenseother
Deployment stateReference only
Commercial stateUnknown / Not Recommendable
Release date
Architecture, strengths and use cases
GLM-5.3 is an official self-hostable Z.ai release in the GLM General track. It uses Not published by manufacturer, carries Not published by manufacturer, supports a verified context window of 0 tokens, and exposes only source-certified checkpoints and runtime combinations. Its release, license and deployment facts are tied to the official repository revision rather than inferred from the family name.
GLM-5.3 uses Not published by manufacturer with Not published by manufacturer. The stored architecture profile records layers, hidden width , attention heads and a 0 token context ceiling where the official configuration publishes those fields.
Verified Not published by manufacturer architecture
Official checkpoint and pipeline evidence
Official Unknown checkpoint coverage
Private LLM inference
Agentic workflows
Long-context document processing
Certified checkpoints and quantizations
Only exact, source-certified variants attached to this release are shown.
Recommended hardware
Use only the listed certified runtime configuration with the exact checkpoint precision. The recommendation engine checks weight memory, KV cache, runtime overhead, safety headroom, GPU architecture and topology before ranking rentable and reference hardware.
Reference only
Commercial rights are not verified, so this release is not commercially recommendable.
License and self-hosting considerations
The full 0B resident weight set must fit across the selected GPUs. Context and concurrency add KV-cache memory; MoE active parameters do not replace resident-weight memory.
GLM-5.3 is published under other. The release-scoped official license link and verification date are retained with the catalogue record.
Unknown / Not Recommendable. Commercial rights are not verified, so this release is not commercially recommendable.
Alternatives and sibling variants
GLM-5.2-NVFP4, GLM-5-NVFP4, GLM-5.1-NVFP4, GLM-4.7-NVFP4, GLM-5.2-FP8, GLM-5.1-FP8, GLM-5-FP8, GLM-4.7-FP8, GLM-4.5-FP8, GLM-5.3, GLM-5.2, GLM-5.1
Release timeline
zai/glm/glm-53 @ c11d7dae54d007db7e07d584775d2cedfdde5f0df2e4f47c6d8da89197e271d2
ZhipuAI/GLM-5.3 @ 2026-08-31T22:48:39Z
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does GLM-5.3 require?
The exact estimate depends on checkpoint precision, context and concurrency; the page recommendation uses the certified memory engine and compatible runtime configurations.
Which runtimes support GLM-5.3?
No runtime is presented as supported until upstream evidence is verified.
Can GLM-5.3 be used commercially?
The stored commercial classification is Unknown / Not Recommendable. Consult the official other terms for the final obligations.
Official references
Last verified: 2026-09-03