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.
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.
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
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks
GLM-4.5-Air

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics
GLM-4.5-Air

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Bedrock
GLM-4.5-Air

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
GLM-4.5-Air

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together