Now we know: The popular Ox Alpha LLM was GLM-5.3-Flash...
Compared to GLM-5.2, this new GLM-5.3-Flash model uses:
- a Kimi Linear-style 3:1 (super*) hybrid attention pattern with 34 Kimi Delta Attention layers (KDA) and 11 Multi-heat Latent Attention (MLA) / DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA) layers;
- a scaled-down GLM-5.2-style sparse MoE backbone, going from 744B-A40B to 320B-A18B;
- a DeepSeek V4-style mHC residual path with four parallel streams;
- plus a native vision encoder (not shown).
* "Super hybrid" because both KDA and MLA/DSA are "efficient" components. E.g., Kimi only uses KDA + full attention GQA, DeepSeek V3.2 uses DSA + full attention MLA.
PS: Sry for the excessive tech jargon. Explainers on all these components (MLA, DSA, KDA, mhC, etc.) in my LLM Architecture Gallery
PPS: Haha, maybe justification for getting that pricey Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256 GB / 512 GB to run this locally...
Introducing GLM-5.3-Flash
- Leading capabilities at a highly competitive price
- Natively multimodal with a 1M-token context window
- A 320B-A18B model released under the MIT License
- Previously previewed as Ox Alpha, running entirely on Chinese AI chips
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