Release archive
The timeline.
Every model we track—released, announced or still a signal on the horizon.
Z.AI · FEB 15, 2026
Open-weights flagship from Z.AI, strong on tool use for its size.
$0.60/Mtok
No reviewed reports yet.
Read more →Z.AI · MAR 15, 2026
Z.AI describes GLM-5-Turbo as a proprietary, latency-optimized variant of GLM-5 built specifically for agent workflows, with stronger tool use and stability across long execution chains than the open-weight base model.
$1.20/Mtok
No reviewed reports yet.
Read more →Z.AI · APR 07, 2026
Point update to GLM-5 with a longer context window.
No reviewed reports yet.
Read more →Z.AI · AUG 14, 2026
Third point release in the GLM-5 series.
- OtherGLM 5.3 flash with blender to generate video
Z.AI · AUG 26, 2026
First natively multimodal GLM-5 release — 320B total / 18B active, MIT-licensed, tested publicly as “Ox Alpha”.
- Other@TheAhmadOsman: Just a reminder that GLM 5.3 Flash, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Qwen 3.8 Next Flash, and even Qwen 3.8 27B are all outperforming (in both intelligence and capabilities) every model that was considered "frontier intelligence" in Xmas 2025 (just 10 months ago) Opensource AI is on fire