Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3.1 offers 3.9K more tokens in context window than GLM-4.5 Air. GLM-4.5 Air is $1.27 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.1, released by DeepSeek in August 2025, is a hybrid large language model with 671 billion total parameters (37 billion active) that unifies the capabilities of DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 in a single model. It features a 128K token context window and supports both direct generation and extended reasoning modes selectable via the chat template. DeepSeek-V3.1 targets general-purpose tasks, coding, and complex reasoning under an open MIT license.
Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5 Air is a lightweight variant from Zhipu AI's GLM-4 model family, designed for efficient deployments requiring lower inference cost while maintaining strong language understanding and generation capabilities. It targets cost-sensitive production workloads, API integrations, and applications where the full GLM-4.x series capacity exceeds requirements.
24 days newer
GLM-4.5 Air
Zhipu AI
2025-07-28

DeepSeek-V3.1
DeepSeek
2025-08-21
Cost per million tokens (USD)
DeepSeek-V3.1
GLM-4.5 Air
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek-V3.1
DeepSeek
GLM-4.5 Air
DeepSeek-V3.1
GLM-4.5 Air
DeepSeek-V3.1
GLM-4.5 Air
Zhipu AI