Can a NVIDIA A100 (80GB) run GLM-4.5 Air (MoE)?

Yes — GLM-4.5 Air (MoE) runs at Q3_K_M (57.2 GB) at about 136–203 tok/s on a NVIDIA A100 (80GB).

How much memory does GLM-4.5 Air (MoE) need?

GLM-4.5 Air (MoE) needs about 46.9 GB at 4K context at its smallest quantization. A NVIDIA A100 (80GB) has 80.0 GB.

Yes — GLM-4.5 Air (MoE) runs on a NVIDIA A100 (80GB) at Q3_K_M

Yes — it runs great.

Runs great

Best fit: GLM-4.5 Air (MoE) at Q3_K_M · 57.2 GB weights · 136–203 tok/s on a NVIDIA A100 (80GB).

Arena Text Overall · style-controlled

1,373Q3_K_M untested

glm-4.5-air · published configuration reference · Q3_K_M not tested

Arena Text Overall (style-controlled), exact published entry glm-4.5-air, 2026-10-08: reference rating 1,373.1. Published confidence bounds 1,368.9–1,377.4. 30,658 votes. Published glm-4.5-air configuration reference. Reasoning mode is not disclosed by the Arena dataset. Tested precision, runtime and sampling settings are not disclosed in this dataset. Selected Q3_K_M has not been measured by this Arena entry. No quantization quality adjustment is applied.

Snapshot published 2026-10-08 · snapshot imported 2026-10-11 UTC · validated last-good data · manual refresh

Arena leaderboard dataset · Arena / lmarena-ai, Arena Leaderboard Dataset (CC BY 4.0). Selected Text Overall style-controlled rows; field names adapted, ratings unchanged. · dataset CC BY 4.0 · revision e16f90232986

Total memory at 4K context: 58.8 GB; Weights + KV cache + runtime overhead
Estimated generation: 136–203 tok/s
Estimated first token: ~1.0s

Every quantization on this machine

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GLM-4.5 Air (MoE) quantizations on NVIDIA A100 (80GB), estimated at 4K context. Weights and total memory are shown separately.
Quant	Weights	Total memory	Speed	Fit
Q2_K	45.3 GB	46.9 GB	153–230 tok/s	Runs great
Q3_K_M	57.2 GB	58.8 GB	136–203 tok/s	Runs great
Q4_K_M	73.0 GB	74.6 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q5_K_M	83.5 GB	85.1 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q6_K	99.0 GB	100.6 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q8_0	117.5 GB	119.0 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
FP16	221.0 GB	222.6 GB	— not resident	Won't fit

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