{
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "attribution": "RigCheck, https://localrigcheck.com",
 "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "name": "GLM-5.3-Flash",
 "page": "https://localrigcheck.com/glm-5-3-flash/",
 "checker": "https://localrigcheck.com/glm-5-3-flash/#checker",
 "updated": "2026-10-19",
 "sourcesChecked": "2026-10-17",
 "note": "The checker's own quick-mode answers on fixed setups, in its own words. answerKind says what kind of answer each is (a RigCheck capacity estimate, a planning budget, a published route or recipe match); none is a measured setup. tier 'na' means unknown, not 'does not fit'. Conditions are part of the answer.",
 "tiers": {
  "good": "an answer without caveats of the checker's own kind; a limit stated in the answer (such as raising a Mac's GPU wired-memory limit, macLimit) still applies",
  "caveats": "an answer with caveats (part in system RAM, a planning estimate, an unverified peak or route)",
  "experimental": "only an experimental path",
  "no": "does not fit, or below the smallest published figure",
  "na": "unknown: the checker covers no route or source for this hardware"
 },
 "checkers": [
  "glm"
 ],
 "quickSetup": "published recipes and memory tables at their own context; Unsloth's GLM table states no context length",
 "answerKinds": [
  "published route match"
 ],
 "sizes": [
  {
   "id": "glm-5-3-flash",
   "label": "GLM-5.3-Flash"
  }
 ],
 "setups": [
  {
   "id": "rtx3060_12",
   "label": "GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB) + 32 GB RAM",
   "memGB": 12,
   "ramGB": 32,
   "unified": false,
   "quickSetup": "published recipes and memory tables at their own context; Unsloth's GLM table states no context length"
  },
  {
   "id": "rtx4060ti16",
   "label": "GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (16 GB) + 32 GB RAM",
   "memGB": 16,
   "ramGB": 32,
   "unified": false,
   "quickSetup": "published recipes and memory tables at their own context; Unsloth's GLM table states no context length"
  },
  {
   "id": "rtx3090",
   "label": "GeForce RTX 3090 / 3090 Ti (24 GB) + 64 GB RAM",
   "memGB": 24,
   "ramGB": 64,
   "unified": false,
   "quickSetup": "published recipes and memory tables at their own context; Unsloth's GLM table states no context length"
  },
  {
   "id": "rtx5090",
   "label": "GeForce RTX 5090 (32 GB) + 64 GB RAM",
   "memGB": 32,
   "ramGB": 64,
   "unified": false,
   "quickSetup": "published recipes and memory tables at their own context; Unsloth's GLM table states no context length"
  },
  {
   "id": "mac64",
   "label": "Apple Silicon Mac (64 GB unified)",
   "memGB": 64,
   "ramGB": null,
   "unified": true,
   "quickSetup": "published recipes and memory tables at their own context; Unsloth's GLM table states no context length"
  },
  {
   "id": "m5max128",
   "label": "Mac with M5 Max, 40-core GPU (128 GB unified)",
   "memGB": 128,
   "ramGB": null,
   "unified": true,
   "quickSetup": "published recipes and memory tables at their own context; Unsloth's GLM table states no context length"
  },
  {
   "id": "mac256",
   "label": "Mac Studio M3 Ultra (256 GB unified)",
   "memGB": 256,
   "ramGB": null,
   "unified": true,
   "quickSetup": "published recipes and memory tables at their own context; Unsloth's GLM table states no context length"
  },
  {
   "id": "mac512",
   "label": "Mac Studio M3 Ultra (512 GB unified)",
   "memGB": 512,
   "ramGB": null,
   "unified": true,
   "quickSetup": "published recipes and memory tables at their own context; Unsloth's GLM table states no context length"
  }
 ],
 "answers": [
  {
   "setup": "rtx3060_12",
   "size": "glm-5-3-flash",
   "tier": "no",
   "answerKind": "published route match",
   "answer": "Below Unsloth's smallest memory figure (100 GB for 1-bit)",
   "pick": null,
   "where": null,
   "conditions": "Unsloth's table puts the 1-bit GGUF (93.1–97.6 GB) at 100 GB of total memory, RAM + VRAM or unified memory. This setup counts 12 GB of VRAM + 32 GB of RAM = 44 GB.",
   "macLimit": false
  },
  {
   "setup": "rtx4060ti16",
   "size": "glm-5-3-flash",
   "tier": "no",
   "answerKind": "published route match",
   "answer": "Below Unsloth's smallest memory figure (100 GB for 1-bit)",
   "pick": null,
   "where": null,
   "conditions": "Unsloth's table puts the 1-bit GGUF (93.1–97.6 GB) at 100 GB of total memory, RAM + VRAM or unified memory. This setup counts 16 GB of VRAM + 32 GB of RAM = 48 GB.",
   "macLimit": false
  },
  {
   "setup": "rtx3090",
   "size": "glm-5-3-flash",
   "tier": "no",
   "answerKind": "published route match",
   "answer": "Below Unsloth's smallest memory figure (100 GB for 1-bit)",
   "pick": null,
   "where": null,
   "conditions": "Unsloth's table puts the 1-bit GGUF (93.1–97.6 GB) at 100 GB of total memory, RAM + VRAM or unified memory. This setup counts 24 GB of VRAM + 64 GB of RAM = 88 GB.",
   "macLimit": false
  },
  {
   "setup": "rtx5090",
   "size": "glm-5-3-flash",
   "tier": "no",
   "answerKind": "published route match",
   "answer": "Below Unsloth's smallest memory figure (100 GB for 1-bit)",
   "pick": null,
   "where": null,
   "conditions": "Unsloth's table puts the 1-bit GGUF (93.1–97.6 GB) at 100 GB of total memory, RAM + VRAM or unified memory. This setup counts 32 GB of VRAM + 64 GB of RAM = 96 GB.",
   "macLimit": false
  },
  {
   "setup": "mac64",
   "size": "glm-5-3-flash",
   "tier": "na",
   "answerKind": "published route match",
   "answer": "unknown",
   "pick": null,
   "where": null,
   "conditions": "No published GLM-5.3-Flash route checked here for this device.",
   "macLimit": false
  },
  {
   "setup": "m5max128",
   "size": "glm-5-3-flash",
   "tier": "caveats",
   "answerKind": "published route match",
   "answer": "Matches Unsloth's 3-bit figure (128 GB): UD-IQ3_XXS (120.4 GB) (after raising the Mac's GPU wired-memory limit)",
   "pick": null,
   "where": null,
   "conditions": "Unsloth's total-memory table (RAM + VRAM, or unified memory) for its GGUF files with llama.cpp; it does not say at what context length, and which file of a bit width fits at 128 GB is our reading. This setup counts 128 GB of unified memory. Unsloth says 3-bit works on 128 GB devices like a Mac or DGX Spark; the 120.4 GB file leaves little room for the OS and context, and no run or speed is published. Image input adds the 1.2 GB vision file. Use Unsloth's llama.cpp branch (glm5next/upstream) or Unsloth Desktop, as Unsloth's guide says. No published speed for this hardware. On a Mac, raise the GPU wired-memory limit first.",
   "macLimit": true
  },
  {
   "setup": "mac256",
   "size": "glm-5-3-flash",
   "tier": "caveats",
   "answerKind": "published route match",
   "answer": "Matches Unsloth's 4-bit figure (210 GB): UD-Q4_K_XL (199.7 GB) (after raising the Mac's GPU wired-memory limit)",
   "pick": null,
   "where": null,
   "conditions": "Unsloth's total-memory table (RAM + VRAM, or unified memory) for its GGUF files with llama.cpp; it does not say at what context length, and which file of a bit width fits at 210 GB is our reading. This setup counts 256 GB of unified memory. Image input adds the 1.2 GB vision file. Use Unsloth's llama.cpp branch (glm5next/upstream) or Unsloth Desktop, as Unsloth's guide says. No published speed for this hardware. On a Mac, raise the GPU wired-memory limit first.",
   "macLimit": true
  },
  {
   "setup": "mac512",
   "size": "glm-5-3-flash",
   "tier": "caveats",
   "answerKind": "published route match",
   "answer": "Matches Unsloth's 8-bit figure (350 GB): Q8_0 (341.0 GB) (after raising the Mac's GPU wired-memory limit)",
   "pick": null,
   "where": null,
   "conditions": "Unsloth's total-memory table (RAM + VRAM, or unified memory) for its GGUF files with llama.cpp; it does not say at what context length, and which file of a bit width fits at 350 GB is our reading. This setup counts 512 GB of unified memory. Image input adds the 1.2 GB vision file. Use Unsloth's llama.cpp branch (glm5next/upstream) or Unsloth Desktop, as Unsloth's guide says. No published speed for this hardware. On a Mac, raise the GPU wired-memory limit first.",
   "macLimit": true
  }
 ]
}