Z.ai (Zhipu) · image model · Released Jan 14, 2026GLM-Image
GLM-Image is an image generation model adopts a hybrid autoregressive + diffusion decoder architecture. In general image generation quality, GLM‑Image aligns with mainstream latent diffusion approaches, but it shows significant advantages in text-rendering and knowledge‑intensive generation scenarios. It performs especially well in tasks requiring precise semantic understanding and complex information expression, while maintaining strong capabilities in high‑fidelity and fine‑grained detail generation. In addition to text‑to‑image generation, GLM‑Image also supports a rich set of image‑to‑image tasks including image editing, style transfer, identity‑preserving generation, and multi‑subject consistency.
- Arena score
- 1,012#76 of 82 · text to image
- Starting price
- —Not published
- Largest size
- —Not published
- References
- Yesinput images for editing
How it rates and what it costs
- Text to image arena
- 1,012 ±9#76 of 82 · 4,854 votes
Arena scores come from blind, side-by-side human votes on the same prompts (higher is better; ± is the 95% range). Boards updated Oct 26, 2026.
The details
- Lab
- Z.ai (Zhipu)
- Type
- Image model
- Released
- Jan 14, 2026
- Inputs
- Text prompts, Reference images
- Output
- Images
- Can do
- Text to image, Image editing
- Weights
- Open weights · MIT
- Availability
- 1 API host
About GLM-Image
How good is GLM-Image?
In blind side-by-side votes, GLM-Image scores 1,012 for text to image (#76 of 82). Higher is better; scores within about 18 points of each other are effectively tied.
Who makes GLM-Image?
GLM-Image is an image model from Z.ai (Zhipu), released Jan 14, 2026.
What can GLM-Image do?
GLM-Image accepts text prompts and reference images and produces images. In practice: text to image and image editing.
Is GLM-Image open source?
Yes. Z.ai (Zhipu) publishes the weights under the MIT, so you can run it on your own hardware.
Where can I use GLM-Image?
It is listed by 1 API host we track.
What are the alternatives to GLM-Image?
The closest image models from other labs, by release date, are Grok Imagine Image (xAI, Jan 28, 2026), FLUX.2 [max] (Black Forest Labs, Dec 16, 2025), Recraft V4 (Recraft, Feb 17, 2026) and Seedream 4.5 (ByteDance Seed, Dec 3, 2025).