While Zhipu/Z.ai isn't exactly a newcomer to avid readers of Interconnects, the new GLM-4.5 model finally puts them into the well-deserved spotlight. Aside from LLMs, they also release a vision model, which, like many models, is a MoE-based model. The benchmark results are really impressive and are worth checking out.
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Relative Adoption Metric contextualizes downloads against the model's size bucket.
OpenRouter publishes daily token totals for its ~50 most-served models. Days missing from the chart mean GLM-4.5V fell below that cutoff — not zero usage. OpenRouter logs usage separately per dated model version and per variant (like ":free"); the hub combines provider variants while keeping separately cataloged releases distinct.
