Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GLM-4.5 leads with 37.1% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite offers 39.9K more tokens in context window than GLM-4.5. Nova Lite is $1.70 cheaper per million tokens. Nova Lite supports multimodal inputs. GLM-4.5 is available on 3 providers. Overall, GLM-4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5 was developed by Zhipu AI as an advanced bilingual language model, designed to excel at both Chinese and English language tasks. Built to serve diverse applications across multiple languages, it represents Zhipu AI's commitment to multilingual AI capabilities.
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
Zhipu AI
2025-07-28
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GLM-4.5

Nova Lite
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
GLM-4.5

Nova Lite
Available providers and their performance metrics
GLM-4.5
DeepInfra
Novita
ZeroEval

Nova Lite
GLM-4.5

Nova Lite
GLM-4.5

Nova Lite
Bedrock