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RANKED #93 OF 316 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #123 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.9 · 2,183 VOICES ·
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GLM-5.2-504B on Hugging Face (text generation). 2,367 downloads. Open weights for local or hosted use.
HAPPY8.1
113 mentions
SAD6.9
92 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 2,295 voices in this window
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download GLM 5.2 504B once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
504B parameters (REAP MoE prune of GLM 5.2 744B), a Q4 / NVFP4 file is about 280 GB to 300 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
Workstation with dual AMD EPYC 7002/7003 and 512 GB DDR4 ECC
512 GB SYSTEM RAM
~$2,400 USEDToo big for standard single-GPU consumer PCs. Runs Q4 / Q3_K on CPU + RAM offloading via llama.cpp at roughly 2 to 4 tok
- SWEET SPOT
Rig with 4x NVIDIA RTX 3090 24GB plus 256 GB RAM
96 GB VRAM + 256 GB SYSTEM RAM
~$3,200 USEDQ4_K_M split between GPU VRAM and system memory, roughly 8 to 14 tok/s with 16k context
- FULL POWER
Custom server with 8x NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB
192 GB VRAM + 512 GB SYSTEM RAM
~$16,500 NEW/USEDNVFP4 or Q4 / FP8 mixed offload at native high throughput, full 32k+ context window
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN GLM 5.2 504B?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long GLM 5.2 504B takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMWorkstation with dual AMD EPYC 7002/7003 and 512 GB DDR4 ECC | SWEET SPOTRig with 4x NVIDIA RTX 3090 24GB plus 256 GB RAM | FULL POWERCustom server with 8x NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | —★★★★★ | ~45 S★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | —★★★★★ | ~2.3 MIN★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | —★★★★★ | ~12 MIN★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | —★★★★★ | ~38 MIN★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | —★★★★★ | ~23 MIN★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. A DASH MEANS NO SPEED WAS RESEARCHED FOR THAT RIG. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People generally like GLM 5.2 504B, with some gripes. Biggest praise: help with code. Biggest gripe: saying no too much.
1610 POSTS · 573 COMMENTS · REDDIT · GITHUB · X · DEV.TO · HACKER NEWS · BLOG · LEMMY · BLUESKY · DEV FORUMS
PEOPLE LOVE
- Popular for coding help (36 mentions)
- People feel it is worth the money (17 mentions)
- Answers come back fast (7 mentions)
- Good at writing and wording things (7 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (15 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (13 mentions)
- Sometimes makes things up (8 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Help with codePEOPLE LOVE THIS
36 thumbs up · 7 thumbs down
- PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
17 thumbs up · 10 thumbs down
- Working when you need itMIXED FEELINGS
9 thumbs up · 13 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 15 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightMIXED FEELINGS
6 thumbs up · 8 thumbs down
- SpeedMOSTLY POSITIVE
7 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- WritingPEOPLE LOVE THIS
7 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
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