> Zhipu has 11 models on The Model Index, from ChatGLM-6B (Mar 2023) to GLM-5.3-Flash (20 Aug 2026). Its strongest is GLM-5.3, with an index score of 167 (GPT-4 = 100), rank 24 of 229. 10 have open weights.

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Lab · 11 models · since Mar 2023

# Zhipu

Zhipu has 11 models on The Model Index, from ChatGLM-6B (Mar 2023) to GLM-5.3-Flash (20 Aug 2026). Its strongest is GLM-5.3, with an index score of 167 (GPT-4 = 100), rank 24 of 229. 10 have open weights.

11

models tracked

10 open · 1 closed

167

index score of GLM-5.3

#24 of 229 models

20 Aug 2026

latest release

GLM-5.3-Flash

4

current versions

7 replaced by newer ones

## Every model · newest first

| | MODEL | RELEASED | WEIGHTS | INDEX SCORE | INPUT $/M | OUTPUT $/M | CONTEXT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 45 | [GLM-5.3-Flash](https://themodelindex.org/models/glm-5-3-flash/) | 20 Aug 2026 | OPEN | 158 | $0.15 | $0.50 | 1.05M |
| 24 | [GLM-5.3](https://themodelindex.org/models/glm-5-3/) | 14 Aug 2026 | OPEN | 167 | $0.30 | $4.4 | 1.05M |
| 44 | [GLM-5.2 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/glm-5-2/) | 16 Jun 2026 | OPEN | 158 | $1.4 | $4.4 | 1.05M |
| 53 | [GLM-5.1 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/glm-5-1/) | 7 Apr 2026 | OPEN | 153 | $0.96 | $3.03 | 205K |
| 76 | [GLM-5 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/glm-5/) | 11 Feb 2026 | OPEN | 144 | $0.60 | $1.92 | 205K |
| 91 | [GLM-4.7 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/glm-4-7/) | 22 Dec 2025 | OPEN | 139 | $0.60 | $2.2 | 205K |
| | [GLM-4.6 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/glm-4-6/) | 30 Sep 2025 | OPEN | not scored yet | $0.43 | $1.75 | 205K |
| | [GLM-4.5 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/glm-4-5/) | 28 Jul 2025 | OPEN | not scored yet | $0.60 | $2.2 | 131K |
| | [GLM-4.5-Air](https://themodelindex.org/models/glm-4-5-air/) | 20 Jul 2025 | OPEN | not scored yet | $0.13 | $0.85 | 131K |
| | [GLM-4 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/glm-4/) | 16 Jan 2024 | CLOSED | not scored yet | – | – | – |
| | [ChatGLM-6B](https://themodelindex.org/models/chatglm-6b/) | 14 Mar 2023 | OPEN | not scored yet | – | – | – |

Index score is fitted from independent evaluations and scaled so GPT-4 = 100; a striped bar is an estimate for a model not yet independently tested. Prices are list prices per million tokens.

## Release history · 10 announcements

[The Race →](https://themodelindex.org/race/)

| DATE | RELEASE | KIND | SOURCE |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 20 Aug 2026 | GLM-5.3-Flash | Open weights | [huggingface.co ↗](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5.3-Flash) |
| 14 Aug 2026 | GLM-5.3 | Open weights | [z.ai ↗](https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.3) |
| 16 Jun 2026 | GLM-5.2 | Open weights | [z.ai ↗](https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.2) |
| 7 Apr 2026 | GLM-5.1 | Open weights | [huggingface.co ↗](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5.1) |
| 11 Feb 2026 | GLM-5 | Open weights | [huggingface.co ↗](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5) |
| 22 Dec 2025 | GLM-4.7 | Open weights | [huggingface.co ↗](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-4.7) |
| 30 Sep 2025 | GLM-4.6 | Open weights | [huggingface.co ↗](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-4.6-FP8) |
| 28 Jul 2025 | GLM-4.5 | Open weights | [z.ai ↗](https://z.ai/blog/glm-4.5) |
| 16 Jan 2024 | GLM-4 | Flagship | no link |
| 14 Mar 2023 | ChatGLM-6B | Open weights | [huggingface.co ↗](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/chatglm-6b) |

Dates come from each lab's own announcement, linked where one exists.

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Source: https://themodelindex.org/labs/zhipu/ · The Model Index · data as of 2026-10-01