GLM-5.3-Flash Efficiency Breakdown: Half the Activated Parameters, One-Tenth the Cost

Analyses show Zhipu's GLM-5.3-Flash beats GLM-5.2 at about one-tenth the cost, cutting activated parameters from 32B to 18B via a redesigned hybrid sparse attention architecture while keeping 321B total parameters.

2026-08-26 ~ 2026-08-27 · 2 related posts

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