Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GLM-4.5-Air leads with 33.0% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite supports multimodal inputs. 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.
Amazon
Amazon Nova Lite was developed as a lightweight multimodal model, designed to provide efficient AI capabilities for text and image understanding. Built to serve cost-sensitive applications with quick response times, it represents Amazon's entry-level offering in the Nova family.
8 months newer

Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20
GLM-4.5-Air
Zhipu AI
2025-07-28
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
GLM-4.5-Air

Nova Lite
Available providers and their performance metrics
GLM-4.5-Air

Nova Lite
Bedrock
GLM-4.5-Air

Nova Lite
GLM-4.5-Air

Nova Lite