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Grok 4.5 vs GLM 4.5 Air

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xAIGrok 4.5

xAI's Opus-class flagship for frontier coding, agentic tool use, and knowledge work.

89500K ctx$2.00/$6.00 per M#6/92
Zhipu AIGLM 4.5 Air

Lightweight GLM 4.5 variant for fast, cost-efficient inference.

131K ctx$0.13/$0.85 per M
AI Output
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Benchmarks
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xAIGrok 4.5
Reasoning
CI 86.2-90.3
CodingInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·Provider·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Capability
CapabilityECI88.5
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science93.4%Expert-Level—Factual Recall53.5%
Math
Competition Math97.8%
Agentic
Terminal Tasks83.3%
Zhipu AIGLM 4.5 Air
Reasoning
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
ReasoningInsufficient data
MathInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Cheaper
Capability
Capability—
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science—Expert-Level8.1%Factual Recall—
Math
Competition Math—
Agentic
Terminal Tasks—
Specs
xAIGrok 4.5
500K
Context
16K
Max output
Jul 2026
Released
Zhipu AIGLM 4.5 Air
131K
Context
98K
Max output
Jul 2025
Released
Capabilities
xAIGrok 4.5
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Zhipu AIGLM 4.5 Air
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
xAIGrok 4.5
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$2.00/M tokens
Output$6.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.50/M tokens
Web search$0.005/search
Zhipu AIGLM 4.5 Air
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$0.13/M tokens
Output$0.85/M tokens
Cache read$0.02/M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions: Grok 4.5 vs GLM 4.5 Air▼

Which is better, Grok 4.5 or GLM 4.5 Air?

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Both Grok 4.5 and GLM 4.5 Air are capable AI models. The best choice depends on your specific use case: consider pricing, context window, speed, and which capabilities (vision, reasoning, audio) you need.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.5 or GLM 4.5 Air?

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GLM 4.5 Air has a lower blended cost. Grok 4.5: $2.00 input / $6.00 output. GLM 4.5 Air: $0.13 input / $0.85 output.

Which has a larger context window, Grok 4.5 or GLM 4.5 Air?

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Grok 4.5 has a larger context window: Grok 4.5 supports 500K tokens vs GLM 4.5 Air at 131K tokens.

Do both Grok 4.5 and GLM 4.5 Air support vision?

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Grok 4.5 supports vision/image input, but GLM 4.5 Air does not.

What are the key differences between Grok 4.5 and GLM 4.5 Air?

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Key differences: GLM 4.5 Air is significantly cheaper; only Grok 4.5 supports vision input. Compare full specs on this page.

Which model should I choose for my use case?

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If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Grok 4.5 and GLM 4.5 Air for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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