GLM-5.3-Flash vs Step-3.7-Flash

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
stepfun-ai · B · Open weights
Params
201.4 B
Context
—
30d
17 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification GLM-5.3-Flash Step-3.7-Flash
Deployment Open weights · also via API Open weights · also via API
Parameters 321.3 B 201.4 B
Architecture Glm5NextForConditionalGeneration Step3p7ForConditionalGeneration
Context length 1,048,575 256,000
Licence mit apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 2 1
Downloads 30d 6,319,699 16,549
Downloads all time 10.3 M 406 K
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-08-25 2026-05-23
API input price / 1M tokens $0.15 $0.20
API output price / 1M tokens $0.50 $1.15
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $0.65 $1.35
Cached input / 1M tokens $0.03 $0.04
AA Intelligence Index 41.8 19.5
AA Coding Index 71.5 39.6
AA Agentic Index 50.9 —
Max output tokens 943,717 230,400
API providers 34 2
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
Step-3.7-Flash $1.35

GLM-5.3-Flash is 2.1× cheaper at list price.

Download trend

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

6.6 M17 K
GLM-5.3-Flash Step-3.7-Flash

VRAM side by side

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

GLM-5.3-Flash · fp16 409.9 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Step-3.7-Flash · fp16 473.7 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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