Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct vs GLM 5.3 Flash
GLM 5.3 Flash leads llmrun Score 124.1 to 103.9; neither fits 24 GB.
Run GLM 5.3 Flash in the cloud →
Model A · Alibaba
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct480.2B · 35.5B active · 256K context · Apache 2.0 · Jul 2025
Model B · Z.ai
GLM 5.3 Flash321.3B · 18.3B active · 1M context · MIT · Aug 2026
Choose Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct if you want…
Also does chat, code
GLM 5.3 Flash doesn't list it
Choose GLM 5.3 Flash if you want…
Higher llmrun Score
124.1 vs 103.9
Stronger at agents
127.4 vs 104.9
Stronger at coding
116.9 vs 100.6
Lighter on memory
194.6 vs 288.7 GB at Q4_K_M
Longer context window
1M vs 256K tokens
Also does vision
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct doesn't list it
On your hardware
Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.
8 GB
RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 146.4 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 100.7 GB
12 GB
RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 146.4 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 100.7 GB
16 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 146.4 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 100.7 GB
24 GBreference
RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 146.4 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 100.7 GB
32 GB
RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 146.4 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 100.7 GB
48 GB
RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 146.4 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 100.7 GB
Mac 32 GB
Mac Mini M4 · Macs
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 146.4 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 100.7 GB
Mac 64 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 146.4 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 100.7 GB
Mac 128 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 146.4 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
IQ2_S · ~41 tok/s
112.8 GB · up to 16Kfits
Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).
Overall
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
GLM 5.3 Flash
Coding
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
GLM 5.3 Flash
Agents
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
GLM 5.3 Flash
Math
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
no data
GLM 5.3 Flash
Science
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
no data
GLM 5.3 Flash
Reasoning
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
no data
GLM 5.3 Flash
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct · #47 of 106 open models · #43 of 102 that fit ≤512 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash · #12 of 106 open models · #6 of 89 that fit ≤256 GB
Benchmarks
1 shared board: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct leads 1, GLM 5.3 Flash leads 0 · Benchmarks imported Nov 2026
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
461.4#38/48 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jul 2025
GLM 5.3 Flash
303.6#44/48 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Aug 2026
35 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
1387.6#59/188 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
GLM 5.3 Flash
1476.5#4/188 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
1274.8#48/55 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
GLM 5.3 Flash
1606.6#9/55 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct (5)
- SWE-bench Verified69.6%
- Terminal-Bench27.2%
- SWE-bench Bash Only55.4%
- WeirdML41.2%
- GSO-Bench4.9%
Only GLM 5.3 Flash (28)
- GPQA Diamond90.1%
- LiveBench Coding79.0
- LiveBench Reasoning77.6
- AIME 2024/202593.9%
- FrontierMath55.8%
- LiveBench Math81.2
- ARC-AGI-265.8%
- SciCode51.6%
- ARC-AGI91.0%
- FrontierMath Tier 417.1%
- DeepSWE63.4%
- FrontierCode31.8%
- APEX-Agents52.8%
- Chess Puzzles21.0%
- CritPt15.4%
- LiveBench 2026 Reasoning77.6
- Mystery Game Puzzles8.0%
- GDP.pdf14.0%
- LiveBench 2026 Browser84.0
- LiveBench 2026 Data Analysis76.4
- CursorBench36.8%
- FrontierSWE18.1%
- LiveBench 2026 Coding80.6
- LiveBench 2026 Long-Horizon28.4
- Surface Evolver Bench52.5%
- LiveBench 2026 Design77.2
- ProofBench21.0%
- LiveBench 2026 Research70.1
VRAM by quantization
Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.
Q2_K
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
205 GB174.7 GB file
32K 209 GB · 128K 221 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
138 GB114.2 GB file
32K 161 GB · 128K 234 GB
Q3_K_S
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
211 GB206.9 GB file
32K 215 GB · 128K 227 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
not listed
Q3_K_M
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
235 GB229.2 GB file
32K 239 GB · 128K 251 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
158 GB149.1 GB file
32K 181 GB · 128K 254 GB
Q4_0
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
241 GB271.6 GB file
32K 245 GB · 128K 257 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
not listed
Q4_K_M
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
289 GB290.1 GB file
32K 293 GB · 128K 305 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
195 GB188.7 GB file
32K 217 GB · 128K 290 GB
Q5_K_M
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
343 GB340.5 GB file
32K 347 GB · 128K 359 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
231 GB244.7 GB file
32K 253 GB · 128K 326 GB
Q6_K
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
397 GB394.1 GB file
32K 401 GB · 128K 413 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
267 GB~265.1 GB file
32K 290 GB · 128K 362 GB
Q8_0
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
481 GB510.4 GB file
32K 485 GB · 128K 497 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
323 GB341.0 GB file
32K 346 GB · 128K 418 GB
14 more quants
IQ2_XXS
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
not listed
GLM 5.3 Flash
90.2 GB101.8 GB file
32K 113 GB · 128K 185 GB
IQ2_XS
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
145 GB132.9 GB file
32K 149 GB · 128K 161 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
98.2 GB92.1 GB file
32K 121 GB · 128K 193 GB
IQ2_S
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
151 GB133.6 GB file
32K 155 GB · 128K 167 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
102 GB113.6 GB file
32K 125 GB · 128K 197 GB
IQ3_XXS
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
187 GB201.5 GB file
32K 191 GB · 128K 203 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
126 GB120.4 GB file
32K 149 GB · 128K 221 GB
IQ3_XS
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
199 GB197.1 GB file
32K 203 GB · 128K 215 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
not listed
IQ3_S
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
not listed
GLM 5.3 Flash
138 GB149.6 GB file
32K 161 GB · 128K 234 GB
IQ3_M
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
217 GB218.4 GB file
32K 221 GB · 128K 233 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
146 GB150.7 GB file
32K 169 GB · 128K 242 GB
Q3_K_L
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
247 GB226.7 GB file
32K 251 GB · 128K 263 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
not listed
IQ4_XS
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
259 GB260.5 GB file
32K 263 GB · 128K 275 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
175 GB156.8 GB file
32K 197 GB · 128K 270 GB
IQ4_NL
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
271 GB270.6 GB file
32K 275 GB · 128K 287 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
not listed
Q4_1
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
271 GB300.5 GB file
32K 275 GB · 128K 287 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
not listed
Q4_K_S
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
271 GB272.8 GB file
32K 275 GB · 128K 287 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
not listed
Q5_K_S
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
331 GB330.4 GB file
32K 335 GB · 128K 347 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
not listed
BF16
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
961 GB960.4 GB file
32K 965 GB · 128K 977 GB
GLM 5.3 Flash
644 GB641.6 GB file
32K 667 GB · 128K 740 GB
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_MGLM 5.3 Flash
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/batiai/GLM-5.3-Flash-GGUF:Q4_K_M| Spec | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct | GLM 5.3 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Alibaba | Z.ai |
| Parameters | 480.2B | 321.3B |
| Active parameters | 35B per token | 18B per token |
| Architecture | Qwen3MoeForCausalLM | Glm5NextForConditionalGeneration |
| Context | 256K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Modalities | Chat, Code, Function-calling | Vision, Function-calling |
| License | Apache 2.0 | MIT |
| Released | Jul 2025 | Aug 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or GLM 5.3 Flash?
GLM 5.3 Flash leads llmrun Score 124.1 to 103.9; neither fits 24 GB. Choose Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct for also does chat, code; choose GLM 5.3 Flash for higher llmrun Score and stronger at agents.
Which needs less VRAM, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or GLM 5.3 Flash?
At Q4_K_M, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct requires 288.7 GB while GLM 5.3 Flash needs 194.6 GB, making GLM 5.3 Flash the easier model to run on your local setup.
Can I run Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or GLM 5.3 Flash on a 16 GB GPU?
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct does not fit (smallest quant needs 146.4 GB); GLM 5.3 Flash does not fit (smallest quant needs 100.7 GB).
Which has a longer context window, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or GLM 5.3 Flash?
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct supports 262,144 tokens and GLM 5.3 Flash supports 1,048,576 tokens.