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GLM-5.3-Flash vs Qwen3.8-Max
Qwen3.8-Max is ahead on Arena (1484 vs 1472): in a blind vote people prefer it about 52% of the time.
GLM-5.3-Flash1472Arena chat · #29 of 418
Qwen3.8-Max1484Arena chat · #15 of 418
Arena scores by category
| Category | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.8-Max | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | 1472 | 1484 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Coding | 1608 | 1673 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Vision | 1294 | 1313 | Qwen3.8-Max |
Scores from blind human votes on Arena. A gap under 10 points is too small to call.
Size and where to use them free
| GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.8-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | zai | alibaba |
| Size | 321.3 B (24.7 B active) | not public |
| 4-bit download | 196 GB | — |
| Use it free | download and run at home · MIT license | Proprietary license |
Speed at home
| Hardware | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.8-Max |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 3090 | does not fit | online only |
| RTX 4090 | does not fit | online only |
| RTX 5090 | does not fit | online only |
| RX 7900 XTX | does not fit | online only |
| Mac M4 Max 128 GB | does not fit | online only |
| Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128 GB | does not fit | online only |
Estimates at 4-bit with an 8K context, 64 GB of system RAM for offload, calibrated on 44 real llama.cpp tests.
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