Beam's first model rivals GLM 5.2 as KOLs praise its active params and token efficiency
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-06
Beam's first-ever model is already competitive with GLM 5.2 on several tasks despite lacking a mature scaling ladder, per the company. KOL teortaxesTex endorsed the results, citing low active params, strong token efficiency, and pipeline immaturity as impressive — comparable to the best Chinese teams — while noting Beam used more compute than Chinese labs and that Alibaba can dedicate even more to Qwen.
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