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GLM-5.3-Flash on Two Sparks: Speed Meets Quality Gates

A pinned NVFP4 target, DFlash2 draft and community image reach sustained decode and 120124-token retrieval, while strict output failures remain visible.

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THE SOURCE IN CONTEXT

The selected seven-token draft arm is faster than the baseline in this source, but every arm retains quality_passed=false. The fastest three-token diagnostic failed the response contract before code execution. This is a text-only community experiment with useful negative results.

What is actually deployed?

The target and DFlash2 draft have separate full weight revisions, and the community image is pinned by digest. NVFP4 storage uses Marlin W4A16 MoE compute on GB10. The text-only TP2/RoCE setup is eager, uses FP8 E4M3 KV with an explicit 6 GiB allocation, a 131072 window and one request slot. It is not an NVIDIA-published GB10 production recipe, and the target export has no MTP head.

Source: Weschera · pinned document Weschera · pinned document

What workload defines the speed values?

Each arm has four naturally stopping requests: two English technical tutorials and two Korean essays. Input lengths are 78 or 92 tokens and generated lengths vary greatly. Median estimated decode excludes measured TTFT. One boot per arm and different output texts prevent a matched task-time or uncertainty claim. Saved request controls include temperature zero, top-p one and seed 37.

Source: Weschera · pinned document Weschera · pinned document

Why keep false quality flags?

The depth-7 arm passes the executed semantic checks but still returns a fenced block where bare Python was required and explanation where exactly 703 was required. The baseline and depth-3 arm fail the early one-code-block contract; later code checks are skipped rather than proven algorithmically wrong. All quality_passed flags remain false.

Source: Weschera · pinned document Weschera · pinned document

What do context and thinking checks establish?

All arms retrieve three beginning/middle/end markers from 120124 actual input tokens. That is smaller than the configured window and is not broad long-document reasoning. The custom forced-OFF template keeps maximum-effort system wording and leaks planning into final text, so native OFF is unqualified. The final restart has a health probe, not a repeated quality suite; whole-model peak RAM is unreported.

Source: Weschera · pinned document Weschera · pinned document

Reported figures and their conditions

Selected facts reported by the original author. Each row has its own configuration and measurement boundary. Run AI Here has not reproduced these tests.

Attributed source results; no cross-source ranking
Configuration / workloadMetricReported valueEvidence
baseline median decodedecode rate15.181243819412654 tokens/smedian of four different prompts in one arm boot; not repeated identical taskOriginal row ↗
dflash2-7 median decodedecode rate20.50006471628756 tokens/smedian of four different prompts in one arm boot; not repeated identical taskOriginal row ↗
dflash2-3 median decodedecode rate24.77753188791761 tokens/smedian of four different prompts in one arm boot; not repeated identical taskOriginal row ↗
baseline median decode · decode rate · conditions
Conditions for this result only
modelGLM-5.3-Flash
model_artifactnvidia/GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4
model_revision423acf37583782c51c142d145aef733d72943d93
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestsha256:4def0ef644cb2e9814136dcffd5e385e21bc594f48f3b292234051904abe85a6
runtime_patch_source050081dc41ce6edd4d3f15fa19dc3410ba4210e3
enginevLLM community GB10 image with Marlin W4A16 MoE
systemtwo 128 GB DGX Spark GB10, TP2 over RoCE; text only
node_count2
parallelismTP2
weight_precisionNVIDIA NVFP4 storage; Marlin W4A16 MoE compute
kv_dtypefp8_e4m3
KV_allocation_GiB6
context_limit_tokens131072
configured_max_requests1
concurrency1
prefill_batch_tokens128
enforce_eagerTrue
cache_stateprefix caching disabled
thinkingcustom forced-OFF template; does not qualify as native OFF
temperature0
top_p1
seed37
repetitionsfour different sustained prompts in one boot per arm
experiment_dateNot specified
metric_denominatorcompletion tokens / (wall minus measured TTFT); estimated decode
output_tokensNot specified
actual_output_tokensNot specified
peak_runtime_RAMNot specified
draft_tokens0
drafterNot specified
drafter_revisionNot specified
input_tokens[78, 92]
actual_completion_tokens_by_prompt[4356, 2355, 10853, 2238]
all_speed_requests_natural_stopTrue
quality_passedFalse
dflash2-7 median decode · decode rate · conditions
Conditions for this result only
modelGLM-5.3-Flash
model_artifactnvidia/GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4
model_revision423acf37583782c51c142d145aef733d72943d93
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestsha256:4def0ef644cb2e9814136dcffd5e385e21bc594f48f3b292234051904abe85a6
runtime_patch_source050081dc41ce6edd4d3f15fa19dc3410ba4210e3
enginevLLM community GB10 image with Marlin W4A16 MoE
systemtwo 128 GB DGX Spark GB10, TP2 over RoCE; text only
node_count2
parallelismTP2
weight_precisionNVIDIA NVFP4 storage; Marlin W4A16 MoE compute
kv_dtypefp8_e4m3
KV_allocation_GiB6
context_limit_tokens131072
configured_max_requests1
concurrency1
prefill_batch_tokens128
enforce_eagerTrue
cache_stateprefix caching disabled
thinkingcustom forced-OFF template; does not qualify as native OFF
temperature0
top_p1
seed37
repetitionsfour different sustained prompts in one boot per arm
experiment_dateNot specified
metric_denominatorcompletion tokens / (wall minus measured TTFT); estimated decode
output_tokensNot specified
actual_output_tokensNot specified
peak_runtime_RAMNot specified
draft_tokens7
drafterincoai/GLM-5.3-Flash-DFlash2
drafter_revisionbf582e4eacc1810f76656d1811693ff6c6737d2a
input_tokens[78, 92]
actual_completion_tokens_by_prompt[7396, 2272, 2292, 2158]
all_speed_requests_natural_stopTrue
quality_passedFalse
dflash2-3 median decode · decode rate · conditions
Conditions for this result only
modelGLM-5.3-Flash
model_artifactnvidia/GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4
model_revision423acf37583782c51c142d145aef733d72943d93
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestsha256:4def0ef644cb2e9814136dcffd5e385e21bc594f48f3b292234051904abe85a6
runtime_patch_source050081dc41ce6edd4d3f15fa19dc3410ba4210e3
enginevLLM community GB10 image with Marlin W4A16 MoE
systemtwo 128 GB DGX Spark GB10, TP2 over RoCE; text only
node_count2
parallelismTP2
weight_precisionNVIDIA NVFP4 storage; Marlin W4A16 MoE compute
kv_dtypefp8_e4m3
KV_allocation_GiB6
context_limit_tokens131072
configured_max_requests1
concurrency1
prefill_batch_tokens128
enforce_eagerTrue
cache_stateprefix caching disabled
thinkingcustom forced-OFF template; does not qualify as native OFF
temperature0
top_p1
seed37
repetitionsfour different sustained prompts in one boot per arm
experiment_dateNot specified
metric_denominatorcompletion tokens / (wall minus measured TTFT); estimated decode
output_tokensNot specified
actual_output_tokensNot specified
peak_runtime_RAMNot specified
draft_tokens3
drafterincoai/GLM-5.3-Flash-DFlash2
drafter_revisionbf582e4eacc1810f76656d1811693ff6c6737d2a
input_tokens[78, 92]
actual_completion_tokens_by_prompt[2822, 2194, 6331, 2105]
all_speed_requests_natural_stopTrue
quality_passedFalse

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Key reading notes

Source identity and full condition receipt

Source identity

Attribution and exact source identity
Original publisherWeschera
Reference typePerformance report
Model IDnvidia/GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4
Default recipe artifactnvidia/GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4
Runtime topics["vLLM"]
Source revision281dc9a982bca17e944b322746658250a670ae73
Source commit date — not experiment date2026-09-10T13:54:03Z
Source checked2026-10-18
Declared licenseNot specified

Reported conditions

Unknown fields remain unspecified; context limits and measured input lengths are different
systemtwo 128 GB DGX Spark GB10, TP2 over RoCE; text only
node_count2
parallelismTP2
kv_dtypefp8_e4m3
context_limit_tokens131072
experiment_dateNot specified
model_revisionNot specified
weight_hashNot specified
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
input_tokensNot specified
output_tokensNot specified
concurrencyNot specified
cache_stateNot specified
quantizationNot specified
speculative_decodingNot specified
temperatureNot specified
top_pNot specified

baseline median decode

Conditions of this profile only
modelGLM-5.3-Flash
model_artifactnvidia/GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4
model_revision423acf37583782c51c142d145aef733d72943d93
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestsha256:4def0ef644cb2e9814136dcffd5e385e21bc594f48f3b292234051904abe85a6
runtime_patch_source050081dc41ce6edd4d3f15fa19dc3410ba4210e3
enginevLLM community GB10 image with Marlin W4A16 MoE
systemtwo 128 GB DGX Spark GB10, TP2 over RoCE; text only
node_count2
parallelismTP2
weight_precisionNVIDIA NVFP4 storage; Marlin W4A16 MoE compute
kv_dtypefp8_e4m3
KV_allocation_GiB6
context_limit_tokens131072
configured_max_requests1
concurrency1
prefill_batch_tokens128
enforce_eagerTrue
cache_stateprefix caching disabled
thinkingcustom forced-OFF template; does not qualify as native OFF
temperature0
top_p1
seed37
repetitionsfour different sustained prompts in one boot per arm
experiment_dateNot specified
metric_denominatorcompletion tokens / (wall minus measured TTFT); estimated decode
output_tokensNot specified
actual_output_tokensNot specified
peak_runtime_RAMNot specified
draft_tokens0
drafterNot specified
drafter_revisionNot specified
input_tokens[78, 92]
actual_completion_tokens_by_prompt[4356, 2355, 10853, 2238]
all_speed_requests_natural_stopTrue
quality_passedFalse
Original experiment section

dflash2-7 median decode

Conditions of this profile only
modelGLM-5.3-Flash
model_artifactnvidia/GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4
model_revision423acf37583782c51c142d145aef733d72943d93
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestsha256:4def0ef644cb2e9814136dcffd5e385e21bc594f48f3b292234051904abe85a6
runtime_patch_source050081dc41ce6edd4d3f15fa19dc3410ba4210e3
enginevLLM community GB10 image with Marlin W4A16 MoE
systemtwo 128 GB DGX Spark GB10, TP2 over RoCE; text only
node_count2
parallelismTP2
weight_precisionNVIDIA NVFP4 storage; Marlin W4A16 MoE compute
kv_dtypefp8_e4m3
KV_allocation_GiB6
context_limit_tokens131072
configured_max_requests1
concurrency1
prefill_batch_tokens128
enforce_eagerTrue
cache_stateprefix caching disabled
thinkingcustom forced-OFF template; does not qualify as native OFF
temperature0
top_p1
seed37
repetitionsfour different sustained prompts in one boot per arm
experiment_dateNot specified
metric_denominatorcompletion tokens / (wall minus measured TTFT); estimated decode
output_tokensNot specified
actual_output_tokensNot specified
peak_runtime_RAMNot specified
draft_tokens7
drafterincoai/GLM-5.3-Flash-DFlash2
drafter_revisionbf582e4eacc1810f76656d1811693ff6c6737d2a
input_tokens[78, 92]
actual_completion_tokens_by_prompt[7396, 2272, 2292, 2158]
all_speed_requests_natural_stopTrue
quality_passedFalse
Original experiment section

dflash2-3 median decode

Conditions of this profile only
modelGLM-5.3-Flash
model_artifactnvidia/GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4
model_revision423acf37583782c51c142d145aef733d72943d93
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestsha256:4def0ef644cb2e9814136dcffd5e385e21bc594f48f3b292234051904abe85a6
runtime_patch_source050081dc41ce6edd4d3f15fa19dc3410ba4210e3
enginevLLM community GB10 image with Marlin W4A16 MoE
systemtwo 128 GB DGX Spark GB10, TP2 over RoCE; text only
node_count2
parallelismTP2
weight_precisionNVIDIA NVFP4 storage; Marlin W4A16 MoE compute
kv_dtypefp8_e4m3
KV_allocation_GiB6
context_limit_tokens131072
configured_max_requests1
concurrency1
prefill_batch_tokens128
enforce_eagerTrue
cache_stateprefix caching disabled
thinkingcustom forced-OFF template; does not qualify as native OFF
temperature0
top_p1
seed37
repetitionsfour different sustained prompts in one boot per arm
experiment_dateNot specified
metric_denominatorcompletion tokens / (wall minus measured TTFT); estimated decode
output_tokensNot specified
actual_output_tokensNot specified
peak_runtime_RAMNot specified
draft_tokens3
drafterincoai/GLM-5.3-Flash-DFlash2
drafter_revisionbf582e4eacc1810f76656d1811693ff6c6737d2a
input_tokens[78, 92]
actual_completion_tokens_by_prompt[2822, 2194, 6331, 2105]
all_speed_requests_natural_stopTrue
quality_passedFalse
Original experiment section

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