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GLM-4.5-AirvsSonar

GLM-4.5-Air and Sonar do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. GLM-4.5-Air is 1.5x cheaper per token. Both offer a 128K-token context window.

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

Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
GLM-4.5-Air
1.5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 128K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 100%
Z.ai · Perplexity
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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
Sonar
Perplexity · released 2025-01-21
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Context
128K
Max out
Input /1M
$1
Output /1M
$1
Cached /1M
Scores
1 · 0 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirSonarΔEdge
Reported by both · 0
No public benchmark is reported for both models yet.
Only GLM-4.5-Air reports · 2
AIME 202583.3% matharenanot reported
LMArena Elo1383.6 not reported
Only Sonar reports · 1
SimpleQA F-scorenot reported77.3%
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 Sonar 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-AirSonarEdge
Context window128K tokens128K tokensTie
Max output98K tokens
Input price / 1M$0.2 $1 GLM-4.5-Air
Output price / 1M$1.1 $1 Sonar
Cached input / 1M$0.03
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$1.3$2GLM-4.5-Air
ModalitiestexttextTie
Released2025-01-21
Cited benchmark scores21
Reliability

Provider status

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