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GLM-Image is Z.ai’s open-source 16B image model combining autoregressive generation and diffusion for high-fidelity, text-rich visual creation.

GLM Image is an image-generation model from Z.ai, released 14 January 2026. It generates image from text and image input. Z.ai offers GLM Image.

Last updated Oct 1, 2026

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Model Details

Released
Jan 14, 2026
Modalities
Text Image → Image
Capabilities
Open weights

Where is GLM Image a perfect fit?

GLM-Image combines a 9B autoregressive generator with a 7B diffusion decoder, delivering strong semantic understanding, accurate text rendering, image editing, style transfer, and high-resolution generation. It can be a perfect fit for below use cases:
- Text-heavy posters, advertisements and banners
- Infographics and diagrams
- Presentation/slide graphics
- Product packaging and marketing creatives
- Chinese-language visual content
- Knowledge-intensive illustrations
- Image editing and background replacement
- Style transfer
- Identity-preserving generation
- Multi-subject image consistency

Its strongest differentiator is rendering meaningful, correctly spelled text inside generated images, rather than purely aesthetic image generation.

Quick Model Estimate

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(USD 0.0150 per 1M tokens)

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FAQs about GLM Image

What input types does GLM Image support?

GLM Image accepts text and image input, and returns image.