GLM-5.3-Flash vs Ling-3.0-flash-VL

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 24 October 2026.

zai-org · A · Open weights
Params
321.3 B
Context
—
30d
6.3 M
mit · commercial OK
inclusionAI · B · Open weights
Params
124.8 B
Context
—
30d
13 K
mit · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification GLM-5.3-Flash Ling-3.0-flash-VL
Deployment Open weights · also via API Open weights · also via API
Parameters 321.3 B 124.8 B
Architecture Glm5NextForConditionalGeneration BailingMoeV3VLForConditionalGeneration
Context length 1,048,575 131,072
Licence mit mit
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 2 —
Downloads 30d 6,319,699 12,986
Downloads all time 10.3 M 24 K
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-08-25 2026-09-04
API input price / 1M tokens $0.15 $0.06
API output price / 1M tokens $0.50 $0.18
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $0.65 $0.24
Cached input / 1M tokens $0.03 $0.012
AA Intelligence Index 41.8 24.6
AA Coding Index 71.5 57
AA Agentic Index 50.9 28.7
Max output tokens 943,717 32,768
API providers 34 1
Tool calling Yes Yes
Reasoning mode Yes Yes

API cost

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

GLM-5.3-Flash $0.65
Ling-3.0-flash-VL $0.24

Ling-3.0-flash-VL is 2.7× cheaper at list price.

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (30 Aug – 24 Oct)

6.6 M13 K
GLM-5.3-Flash Ling-3.0-flash-VL

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

Ling-3.0-flash-VL · fp16 293.9 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
GLM-5.3-Flash · fp16 409.9 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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