GLM 5.2 isn't free: not even my US$4,000 Spark can run it
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GLM 5.2 is open source and free to download. Running it is another story. At best it needs around 240 GB of memory, and that's only in its most compressed version. I have a US$4,000 DGX Spark dedicated to this, with 128 GB, and it doesn't have enough to even start. This isn't opinion, it's arithmetic. What bothers me isn't the model. It's the smoke from people shouting "free" who never opened a terminal. Why does everyone say GLM 5.2 is free? Because they mix up two different things. One is the…
1Key Takeaways
- GLM 5.2 is open source and free to download.
- At best it needs around 240 GB of memory, and that's only in its most compressed version.
- I have a US$4,000 DGX Spark dedicated to this, with 128 GB, and it doesn't have enough to even start.
- This isn't opinion, it's arithmetic.
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — ML reports that gLM 5.2 is open source and free to download.
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