Best Local Z.ai Models
The best local Z.ai model is GLM 5.1 (40.2 intelligence) — open weights on Hugging Face, small enough to run on your own hardware. GLM 5 (39.5) and GLM 4.7 (33.7) round out the top three.
The best local LLMs — open-weight models small enough to run on your own hardware with Ollama, llama.cpp or vLLM — ranked by intelligence. Frontier-scale open models (400B+) are excluded: downloadable isn't the same as runnable. Every model here is on Hugging Face.
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glm-5.1ReasoningToolsJSON40.2 intel · $0.966/M · 205K ctx40.2Intelligence - 2glm-5ReasoningToolsJSON39.5 intel · $0.950/M · 205K ctx39.5Intelligence
- 3glm-4.7ReasoningToolsJSON33.7 intel · $0.400/M · 205K ctx33.7Intelligence
- 4glm-4.6ReasoningToolsJSON23.0 intel · $0.500/M · 205K ctx23.0Intelligence
- 5glm-4.7-flashReasoningToolsJSON22.9 intel · $0.060/M · 203K ctx22.9Intelligence
- 6glm-4.5ReasoningToolsJSON19.5 intel · $0.600/M · 131K ctx19.5Intelligence
- 7glm-4.5-airReasoningTools16.5 intel · $0.130/M · 131K ctx16.5Intelligence
- 8glm-4.6vReasoningToolsJSON+111.0 intel · $0.300/M · 131K ctx11.0Intelligence
- 9glm-4.5vReasoningToolsJSON+17.0 intel · $0.600/M · 66K ctx7.0Intelligence
Frequently asked
What is the best local Z.ai model?
The best local Z.ai model is GLM 5.1 (40.2 intelligence) — open weights on Hugging Face, small enough to run on your own hardware. GLM 5 (39.5) and GLM 4.7 (33.7) round out the top three.
What's a good alternative to GLM 5.1?
GLM 5 (39.5) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by GLM 4.7 (33.7). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.
How many Z.ai models are there?
modelgrep tracks 12 Z.ai models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by GLM 5.2. 9 of them qualify for this ranking.