GLM
Zhipu AI · 14 tracked releases · August 1, 2022 – August 26, 2026
At a glance
| Releases tracked | 14 |
|---|---|
| First tracked | August 1, 2022 — GLM-130B |
| Latest | August 26, 2026 — GLM-5.3-Flash |
| Span | 1,486 days |
| Median gap | 31 days between releases |
| Weights | 10 of 14 open |
| Record quality | 6 of 14 verified · how this is judged |
Release cadence
One tile per tracked release, placed in the month it shipped, so the pauses in this line are the pauses in the data. Years with nothing tracked keep their row.
- 20221
- 2023
- 2024
- GLM-4, Zhipu AI, January 16, 2024GLM-4-Air, Zhipu AI, January 16, 2024GLM-4-9B, Zhipu AI, January 16, 2024
- 2025
- GLM-4.5, Zhipu AI, July 28, 2025
- GLM-4.6, Zhipu AI, September 30, 2025
- GLM-4.7, Zhipu AI, December 22, 2025
- 2026
- GLM-4.7-Flash, Zhipu AI, January 19, 2026
- GLM-5, Zhipu AI, February 12, 2026
- GLM-5-Turbo, Zhipu AI, March 15, 2026
- GLM-5.1, Zhipu AI, April 7, 2026
- GLM-5.2, Zhipu AI, June 13, 2026
- GLM-5.3, Zhipu AI, August 14, 2026GLM-5.3-Flash, Zhipu AI, August 26, 2026
Lineage
Ordered by announcement date, and spaced by the gap between releases, so a quiet year looks like one. Lineage is not inferred from version numbers — labs do not number consistently, so the dates decide the order.
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GLM-130B
multilingual
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+559 days
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+64 days
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+83 days
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+28 days
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+24 days
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+31 days
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+23 days
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+67 days
GLM-5.2tool use
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+62 days
GLM-5.3from GLM-5.2 Weights Open → Proprietary
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+12 days
GLM-5.3-Flashfrom GLM-4.7-Flash first evidenced: image in
Context window over time
Only releases with a disclosed context window appear — 8 of 14 are not shown.
What changed
Generation to generation, from evidenced values only. A field is compared only where both releases record it — otherwise it is called out as not comparable, so a research gap never reads as a change the lab made.
Across every generation of this family, parameters could not be compared — the values are not recorded on both sides of any step. That is a gap in this dataset, not a statement about the models. See data quality.
GLM-130B → GLM-4 533 days
- Context window
- 2K → 128K
- Weights
- Open → Proprietary
Not comparable here: capabilities and modalities (not researched on both releases).
GLM-4 → GLM-4.5 559 days
- Weights
- Proprietary → Open
Not comparable here: capabilities and modalities (not researched on both releases).
GLM-4.5 → GLM-4.6 64 days
No change in any field both releases record.
Not comparable here: context window (not researched on both releases).
GLM-4.6 → GLM-4.7 83 days
No change in any field both releases record.
Not comparable here: context window (not researched on both releases); capabilities and modalities (not researched on both releases).
GLM-4.7 → GLM-5 52 days
No change in any field both releases record.
Not comparable here: context window (not researched on both releases); capabilities and modalities (not researched on both releases).
GLM-5 → GLM-5.1 54 days
No change in any field both releases record.
Not comparable here: context window (not researched on both releases).
GLM-5.1 → GLM-5.2 67 days
No change in any field both releases record.
Not comparable here: context window (not researched on both releases); capabilities and modalities (not researched on both releases).
GLM-5.2 → GLM-5.3 62 days
- Weights
- Open → Proprietary
Not comparable here: capabilities and modalities (not researched on both releases).
GLM-4.7-Flash → GLM-5.3-Flash 219 days
- Modalities first evidenced
- + image in
Not comparable here: context window (not researched on both releases).
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