# Z.ai — GLM-5

- Company: Z.ai (z.ai)
- Announced: 2026-02-12T00:00:00+00:00
- Category: new-model
- Subject: GLM
- Models affected: GLM-5
- Source: https://docs.z.ai/release-notes/new-released#2026-02-12
- Record: https://forck.live/items/4451-glm-5

is a new model from Z.ai designed for complex system engineering and long-range Agent tasks, with deep-reasoning performance in backend architecture, algorithms, and bug fixing. It benchmarks against Claude Opus 4.5 and integrates DeepSeek Sparse Attention for token efficiency.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://docs.z.ai/release-notes/new-released#2026-02-12:

> Designed for complex system engineering and long-range Agent tasks, GLM-5 shifts the paradigm from coding to engineering, demonstrating strong deep-reasoning performance in backend architecture, complex algorithms, and stubborn bug fixing.

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