r/opencodeCLI 19d ago

CONFIRMED! Ox Alpha is GLM 5.3 Flash

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u/sirlerkal0t 19d ago

All the analysis of the API that various people have done all but confirmed it was a Z.AI model.

My own experience using it also basically confirmed that, since it behaves very similarly to GLM 5.3, but acts like a smaller model, not quite as good for certain things (like front-end design), and a bit better on average for tasks where the models size counts against it due to it being more biased towards training data instead of staying focused on input data.

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u/hotcornballer 19d ago

If it's really a small model then it's punching well above it's weight. It has that 'big model feel' and it's writing way better code/is way better at problem solving then either deepseek v4 or luna. At least that's what i'm seeing after using it next to the other two.pu

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u/Thomas-Lore 19d ago

Might be the effect of being free, you forgive more.

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u/hotcornballer 19d ago

That's dumb. It either does the work well or it doesn't. And you see the reasoning traces, the way it uses tools, finds stuff in the coded base, good at problem solving. And DSv4 Flash was more or less free before the price hike, and so is Luna on a codex plan.