Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5 Air was created as a lightweight variant of GLM-4.5, designed to provide strong bilingual capabilities with improved efficiency. Built to serve applications requiring practical deployment with reduced resource requirements, it extends GLM-4.5's multilingual strengths to resource-conscious scenarios.
IBM
Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview was introduced as an experimental ultra-compact model, designed to demonstrate IBM's progress in efficient model development. Built to explore the boundaries of what small models can achieve for enterprise applications, it represents an early look at next-generation Granite capabilities.
2 months newer

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
IBM
2025-05-02
GLM-4.5-Air
Zhipu AI
2025-07-28
Available providers and their performance metrics
GLM-4.5-Air

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
GLM-4.5-Air

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview