Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
MiniMax M2.1 offers 68.6K more tokens in context window than GLM-4.5 Air. GLM-4.5 Air is $1.20 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
MiniMax
MiniMax M2.1, released by MiniMax on December 23, 2025, is a large language model with approximately 230 billion parameters featuring strong multi-language programming capabilities and an industry-leading multilingual coding profile. It features a 196K token context window and is optimized for complex real-world software engineering tasks across Rust, Java, Golang, C++, TypeScript, and other languages. M2.1 targets agentic coding workflows and applications requiring production-grade programming across diverse language environments.
4 months newer
GLM-4.5 Air
Zhipu AI
2025-07-28
MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax
2025-12-23
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GLM-4.5 Air
MiniMax M2.1
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
GLM-4.5 Air
Zhipu AI
MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax
GLM-4.5 Air
MiniMax M2.1
GLM-4.5 Air
MiniMax M2.1