Data points: 103
Model compare
The readout for GLM-4.5 Air and GLM-4.7, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: GLM-4.7. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GLM-4.7
GLM-4.7 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 36.7 to 63.3.
Evidence depth
103 data points
Includes 18 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GLM-4.7
The charts below split 25 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for GLM-4.5 Air and GLM-4.7: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | GLM-4.5 Air | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 36.7 pts | 63.3 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 2 categories | 4 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, First-token latency | Average speed, Provider coverage |
| Context window | 131.1K tokens | 204.8K tokens |
| Max output | 98.3K tokens | 131.1K tokens |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | GLM-4.5 Air | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Z.ai | Z.ai |
| Released | Jul 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Other | Other |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-12-31 | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | z-ai/glm-4.5-air | z-ai/glm-4.7 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for GLM-4.5 Air and GLM-4.7: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
GLM-4.5 Air
GLM-4.5 Air is stronger in benchmark categories (Knowledge, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, First-token latency).
GLM-4.7
GLM-4.7 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Instruction following) and operational dimensions (Average speed, Provider coverage).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
GLM-4.5 Air
45.9
Avg. score
GLM-4.7
48.8
GLM-4.7 leads by 4.5
GLM-4.7 leads by 5.1
GLM-4.7 leads by 7.3
GLM-4.5 Air leads by 0.6
GLM-4.5 Air leads by 8.2
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No data
GLM-4.7 leads by 9.5
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
GLM-4.5 Air
winner$0.170/M
Rank #23/162 · confidence 4
GLM-4.7
$0.600/M
Rank #80/162 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5 Air
winner$0.372/M
Rank #31/162 · confidence 4
GLM-4.7
$1.00/M
Rank #75/162 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5 Air
winner$0.980/M
Rank #39/162 · confidence 4
GLM-4.7
$2.20/M
Rank #68/162 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5 Air
43.7
Rank #74/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-06-01
GLM-4.7
winner64.0
Rank #49/89 · confidence 2 · eval date 2025-10-01
GLM-4.5 Air
winner81.5%
Rank #53/125 · confidence 4
GLM-4.7
79.4%
Rank #66/125 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5 Air
winner73.3%
Rank #106/188 · confidence 4
GLM-4.7
66.4%
Rank #127/188 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5 Air
winner6.8%
Rank #116/187 · confidence 4
GLM-4.7
6.1%
Rank #127/187 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5 Air
winner68.4%
Rank #32/115 · confidence 4
GLM-4.7
56.2%
Rank #48/115 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5 Air
30.6
Rank #85/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-06-01
GLM-4.7
winner45.1
Rank #40/96 · confidence 2 · eval date 2025-10-01
GLM-4.5 Air
30.6%
Rank #136/185 · confidence 4
GLM-4.7
winner35.4%
Rank #110/185 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5 Air
winner92.3
Rank #7/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-06-01
GLM-4.7
90.3
Rank #10/90 · confidence 2 · eval date 2025-10-01
GLM-4.5 Air
73.3
Rank #74/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-06-01
GLM-4.7
winner85.9
Rank #42/96 · confidence 2 · eval date 2025-10-01
GLM-4.5 Air
6.8
Rank #75/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-06-01
GLM-4.7
winner25.1
Rank #44/96 · confidence 2 · eval date 2025-10-01
GLM-4.5 Air
15.5
Rank #82/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-06-01
GLM-4.7
winner29.3
Rank #44/90 · confidence 2 · eval date 2025-10-01
GLM-4.5 Air
16.5
Rank #80/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-06-01
GLM-4.7
winner33.7
Rank #52/99 · confidence 2 · eval date 2025-10-01
GLM-4.5 Air
1171.0
Rank #48/66 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-06-01
GLM-4.7
winner1251.0
Rank #31/66 · confidence 2 · eval date 2025-10-01
GLM-4.5 Air
37.6
Rank #77/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-06-01
GLM-4.7
winner67.9
Rank #44/86 · confidence 2 · eval date 2025-10-01
GLM-4.5 Air
46.5
Rank #69/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-06-01
GLM-4.7
winner95.9
Rank #11/84 · confidence 2 · eval date 2025-10-01
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | GLM-4.5 Air | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | GLM-4.5 Air | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
45 tests | GLM-4.5 Air speed / latency 77 tok/s / 8245ms input / output No data | GLM-4.7 speed / latency 42 tok/s / 24443ms input / output No data |
40 tests | GLM-4.5 Air speed / latency 86 tok/s / 387ms input / output No data | GLM-4.7 speed / latency 64 tok/s / 16663ms input / output No data |
34 tests | GLM-4.5 Air speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GLM-4.7 speed / latency 39 tok/s / 28124ms input / output No data |
15 tests | GLM-4.5 Air z-ai/glm-4.5-air:free speed / latency 27 tok/s / 39365ms input / output $0.010/request | GLM-4.7 glm-4.7 speed / latency 309 tok/s / 3722ms input / output $0.010/request |
10 tests | GLM-4.5 Air speed / latency 20 tok/s / 33054ms input / output No data | GLM-4.7 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
GLM-4.5 Air glm-4.5-air speed / latency No data input / output $0.014/M/$0.075/M | GLM-4.7 glm-4.7 speed / latency No data input / output $0.041/M | |
GLM-4.5 Air zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air speed / latency No data input / output $0.025/M/$0.140/M | GLM-4.7 Pro/zai-org/GLM-4.7 speed / latency No data input / output $5.09/M |
Weighted outcome: GLM-4.7. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputText outputTool callingReasoning | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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