# GLM-5.3-Flash matches top models at a fraction of the cost, and runs without Nvidia > Source: > Published: 2026-08-27 10:24:49+00:00 # GLM-5.3-Flash matches top models at a fraction of the cost, and runs without Nvidia By Maximilian SchreinerSource: [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com) Z.ai releases GLM-5.3-Flash, an open-source model with 320 billion parameters that lands just three points behind the larger GLM-5.3 on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index, at a seventh of the cost. What's notable is that all of the [inference](/glossary/inference) traffic ran on Chinese AI chips instead of [Nvidia](/glossary/nvidia) hardware. The article [GLM-5.3-Flash matches top models at a fraction of the cost, and runs without Nvidia](https://the-decoder.com/the-chinese-ai-model-glm-5-3-flash-runs-without-nvidia-and-costs-a-fraction-of-what-the-competition-does/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com). Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.