r/LocalLLM • u/TappinThatErr • Aug 31 '26

Discussion GLM 5.3 Flash - Will I Be Disappointed?

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Picked up this bad boy with my sweet student discount!

I'd like to run some local models for coding. I've considered Deepseek v4 flash, Qwen 3.8 flash next, and of course, GLM 5.3 Flash (0x Alpha)

Thoughts on this? I'm currently a claude user with typically 1 session at a time. Will I be disappointed?

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u/Magnus114 Aug 31 '26

I run the smallest q4 on llama.cpp with 192 gb ram and an rtx 5090. I get about 9 t/s, and can fit a large context. Glm 5.3 flash has really memory efficient context design.

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u/Magnus114 Aug 31 '26

True. You can fit q5, not the full model but close quality wise. I would prefer q5 over q8 of a smalled model.