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GLM 5 744B-A40B

GLM 5 (744B/40B active Zhipu/THUDM): flagship MoE with 128k context, server-class (HuggingFace), multilingual zh/en. Released in February 2026.

🇨🇳 Zhipu AI·License MIT·Context 125k tokens·Output February 2026← Catalog

01What it can do

Strengths
  • 128k native context
  • Efficient active MoE (40B out of 744B)
  • Strong multilingual zh / en
  • Permissive MIT license
Limitations to know
  • —Mandatory multi-GPU server hardware (432 GB VRAM Q4)
  • —Gated on Hugging Face
  • —Not available for self-hosting Ollama except :cloud
Architecture
Mixture of Experts · 744B total parameters / 40B active · 128k context
Training
Zhipu AI / THUDM (Tsinghua) GLM 5 family. Server-class flagship MoE, multilingual zh/en.
Ideal for
Multi-GPU serverMultilingual zh / en128k long tasks

04Install

Install Ollama for your OS. Check the model and its quantization before downloading. Start with 4096 tokens of context, then check placement with ollama ps. A command below is not proof that a test was run on your machine.

$# HuggingFace : THUDM/glm-5
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First download: between 2 and 40 GB depending on the selected quantization. Plan for sufficient disk space; a stable connection is recommended. Subsequent launches are instant.

02Required memory

Approximate GPU VRAM required to run this model, including 4k tokens of context overhead. For a longer context, add ~1 GB per 8k-token increment.

Q4_K_M
The lightest, ~5% loss
432 GB
Q5_K_M
Good quality/size compromise
528 GB
Q8_0
Nearly indistinguishable from FP16
796 GB
FP16
Full precision — server use
1488 GB
Fallback CPU · If you don't have a GPU, allow 967 GB of RAM minimum to run this model at reduced speed.

What hardware do you need for GLM 5 744B-A40B?

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03Expected speed

Tokens generated per second in Q4_K_M, 4k context. Beyond 20 t/s, reading is comfortable. Below 10 t/s, that's just for testing.

Entry-level
~1.5t/s
GTX 1650, RX 6600, MBA M2 8GB
Mid-range
~2.5t/s
RTX 4060, 4070, MBP M3 Pro
High-end
~5t/s
RTX 4090, M4 Max, Radeon 7900