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GLM-4.5-Air vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GLM-4.5-Air leads with 38.9% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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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.
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Meta
Llama 3.1 8B was developed as an efficient open-source model, designed to bring capable instruction-following to applications with limited computational resources. Built with 8 billion parameters, it provides a lightweight option for developers seeking reliable performance without the overhead of larger models.
1 year newer
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23
GLM-4.5-Air
Zhipu AI
2025-07-28
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Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks
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GLM-4.5-Air
Average Score:78.2%(+38.9%)
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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Average Score:39.3%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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GLM-4.5-Air
0 providers
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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
9 providers
Bedrock
Throughput: 100 tok/s
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GLM-4.5-Air
Avg Score:78.2%(+38.9%)
Providers:0
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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Avg Score:39.3%
Providers:9