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Can I run GLM-5.3-Flash (MoE) in Australia?

Not on a single device we track at Q4_K_M. You would need multiple GPUs or a smaller quantisation.

GLM · released 25 Aug 2026 new · 6.5M HF downloads (last 30 days)

321.32Btotal parameters · 18B active (MoE)
45layers (11 full-attention)
0.09 GBKV cache @ 8k · MLA latent
Model card ↗config.json · source of counts

GGUF builds: unsloth · ggml-org

Memory needed by quantisation (8k context)

QuantWeightsTotal neededCheapest hardware that fits
Q4_K_M
194.8 GB
195.9 GB
nothing we track (with a price)
Q5_K_M
228.5 GB
229.6 GB
nothing we track (with a price)
Q6_K
263.5 GB
264.6 GB
nothing we track (with a price)
Q8_0
341.4 GB
342.5 GB
nothing we track (with a price)
F16
642.6 GB
643.7 GB
nothing we track (with a price)

All hardware that fits at Q4_K_M

HardwareNeeds / usableEst. tok/sPriceRetailer link
Nothing we track fits.

The tok/s figures are bandwidth-based estimates for this model. Where a device has a measured benchmark, the estimate is calibrated to that run. They are not measurements. Methodology.

Graphics card + system RAM (MoE experts in RAM)

Mixture-of-experts models only read a few experts per token, so llama.cpp can keep the expert weights in system RAM and everything else on the GPU (e.g. --n-cpu-moe / -ot exps=CPU). That lets a 12–32GB card run a much bigger model. All figures below are estimates (Q4_K_M, 8k context, dual-channel DDR5-5600). How we estimate.

Graphics cardCard priceGPU only+ 32GB RAM+ 64GB RAM+ 128GB RAM
A$27,599
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110 GB in RAM · ~16 tok/s

DDR5 kit prices today: 32GB: A$610 (Mwave, checked 20 Oct 2026, 7:44 am AEST) · 64GB: A$1,499 (Mwave, checked 20 Oct 2026, 7:44 am AEST) · 128GB: A$2,511 (Mwave, not in stock online, checked 20 Oct 2026, 7:44 am AEST). Card + kit only; the rest of the PC isn't included. RAM-offload speeds are estimates and can be optimistic, so check community results below.

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