GLM-5.3 is now open-weight
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What commenters are saying
Commenters praise GLM-5.3's quality, comparing it favorably to Opus 4.8 and noting it lacks "Claude talk." Some find it slow through certain providers, especially on Chinese hardware. GLM-5.3-Flash is seen as a capable, cheaper alternative to DeepSeek, though speed and pricing inconsistencies are flagged. Discussion also covers model size trade-offs, tool use costs, and geopolitical differences in compute availability.