LLM Reference

GLM Models by Tsinghua Knowledge Engineering Group (THUDM)

2 models2024–2026Up to 200k ctx

Last refreshed 2026-05-19. Next refresh: weekly.

Details

LicenseApache 2.0OSI-approved
Commercial useCommercial use: permitted
Models2
Released2024–2026
Max context200k

Capabilities

Multimodal1 of 2 models

About

The GLM family of large language models (LLMs) is a collaborative creation by the GLM team at Zhipu AI and Tsinghua University 1. These models range from 110 million to a massive 130 billion parameters and are especially notable for their bilingual proficiency, supporting both English and Chinese languages 7. The GLM architecture is distinct for its use of autoregressive blank infilling as the core pre-training strategy 10. Among these, the GLM-130B model stands out by matching or surpassing the performance of GPT-3 in various benchmarks, even outdoing ERNIE TITAN 3.0 in Chinese language tasks 7. Successive models like GLM-4 have been trained on ten trillion tokens and employ refined techniques like supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning from human feedback, enhancing alignment and instruction adherence 1. The GLM-4 series, including the GLM-4 All Tools, showcase the ability to understand user intent and use tools autonomously, such as web browsers and Python interpreters, for executing intricate tasks 1.

Decision facts

Best fit
vision and multimodal work
Capability starting point
Together GLM-5 with 200k context and multimodal inputs
Lowest tracked input
Not tracked
Closest related family
ChatGLM-4

Current Variants

Use-when guidance is based on each model's tracked capabilities, context window, release date, and replacement status.

2 in view

Use when the workload needs 200k context, 744B parameters, and multimodal inputs.

2026-02200k context744B parametersmultimodal inputs
GLM-130BCurrent

Use when the workload needs 2k context and 130B parameters.

2024-012k context130B parameters

Release Timeline

2 release groups
2026-02
1 current
Together GLM-5
200k context744B parametersmultimodal inputs
Current
2024-01
1 current
GLM-130B
2k context130B parameters
Current

Specifications(2 models)

GLM model specifications comparison
ModelReleasedContextParametersMultimodal
Together GLM-52026-02200k744BYes
GLM-130B2024-012k130BNo