GLM Z.ai Released 2026-06 codinglightweighttools

GLM-4.7 Flash

The strongest model in the 30B class. Balances performance and efficiency for lightweight local deployment. New option for the 24GB-VRAM sweet spot.

Best for strong 30B coder that runs on a single 3090/4090
Sizes 30B
Context 128K
License MIT
Min VRAM (default size, Q4) 18 GB
Rec VRAM 24 GB

What is GLM-4.7 Flash?

GLM-4.7 Flash is Z.ai's open-weights language model. Released in 2026-06, it ships in 1 size (30B) and is licensed MIT. The most popular use case is strong 30B coder that runs on a single 3090/4090.

VRAM and hardware

The 30B size fits in 18 GB of VRAM.

Size Min VRAM (Q4_K_M) Recommended VRAM Tokens/sec on 3090
30B 18 GB 27 GB ~18 tok/s

How to run GLM-4.7 Flash locally

Option 1: Ollama (simplest)

ollama pull glm-4-7-flash
ollama run glm-4-7-flash

Option 2: Mullama (production)

mullama pull glm-4-7-flash
mullama run glm-4-7-flash

Option 3: llama.cpp (CLI)

# Download a GGUF from Hugging Face (search "glm-4-7-flash gguf")
./llama-cli -m glm-4-7-flash.Q4_K_M.gguf -p "Hello, AI!"

Option 4: Python with Mullama or llama-cpp-python

from mullama import Model, Context
model = Model.load("glm-4-7-flash.Q4_K_M.gguf", n_gpu_layers=99)
ctx = Context(model, n_ctx=4096)
print(ctx.generate("Hello, AI!", 256))

What you can build with GLM-4.7 Flash

  • coding
  • agentic
  • chat
  • tools

Hardware it fits on

  • Apple Silicon (8GB): 30B in MLX
  • Apple Silicon (16GB): 30B in MLX
  • Apple Silicon (32GB): 30B in MLX or GGUF
  • Apple Silicon (64GB+): 30B in MLX
  • RTX 3090 (24GB): 30B at Q4_K_M
  • RTX 4090 (24GB): same as 3090, ~30% faster
  • RTX 5090 (32GB): 30B at Q8_0
  • 2× RTX 6000 Ada (96GB total): 30B at Q4_K_M

Related models in the GLM family

  • GLM-5 — 744B (40B active MoE) · frontier-tier reasoning and agentic engineering
  • GLM-5.1 — 744B (40B active MoE) · next-generation frontier reasoning, agentic engineering
  • GLM-5.2 — 744B (40B active MoE) · latest Z.ai frontier reasoning model (2026 mid-year)
  • GLM-4.7 — mid-size MoE · advanced coding and agentic workflows

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  • Llama 3.3 (Meta) — 70B, best-in-class 70B for desktops
  • Llama 4 (Meta) — Scout 17B (109B MoE), vision + long context (10M tokens)
  • Qwen 2.5 (Alibaba) — 0.5B, strongest 7B-32B on consumer hardware