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GLM-4.5-AirvsGLM-5

GLM-5 leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. GLM-4.5-Air is 3.2x cheaper per token. GLM-5 has the larger context window (200K tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
0 – 2
GLM-5 leads
Cheaper per token
GLM-4.5-Air
3.2x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GLM-5
200K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
Z.ai
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Context
128K
Max out
98K
Input /1M
$0.2
Output /1M
$1.1
Cached /1M
$0.03
Scores
2 · 2 core
GLM-5
Z.ai
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Context
200K
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$1
Output /1M
$3.2
Cached /1M
$0.2
Scores
8 · 7 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGLM-5ΔEdge
Reported by both · 2
AIME 202583.3% matharena96.7% matharena-13.4 ptGLM-5
LMArena Elo1383.6 1446.3 -62.7GLM-5
Only GLM-4.5-Air reports · 0
GLM-4.5-Air reports nothing GLM-5 does not.
Only GLM-5 reports · 6
SWE-bench Verifiednot reported77.8%
GPQA Diamondnot reported87.8% epoch
AIME 2026not reported96.7% matharena
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)not reported80% epoch
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)not reported72.1% epoch
Terminal-Bench 2.0not reported56.2%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GLM-4.5-Air minus GLM-5 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecGLM-4.5-AirGLM-5Edge
Context window128K tokens200K tokensGLM-5
Max output98K tokens131K tokensGLM-5
Input price / 1M$0.2 $1 GLM-4.5-Air
Output price / 1M$1.1 $3.2 GLM-4.5-Air
Cached input / 1M$0.03 $0.2 GLM-4.5-Air
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$1.3$4.2GLM-4.5-Air
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Released
Cited benchmark scores28
Reliability

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Public benchmarks are a starting point. Run GLM-4.5-Air and GLM-5 on your own prompts with Respan evals, or route to either through one gateway key with automatic failover.