Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GLM-4.6 leads with 30.3% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct offers 59.4K more tokens in context window than GLM-4.6. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is $0.82 cheaper per million tokens. GLM-4.6 supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Overall, GLM-4.6 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Zhipu AI
GLM-4.6 was introduced as an enhanced iteration of the GLM-4 series, designed to provide improved capabilities in bilingual language understanding and generation. Built to incorporate refinements to the GLM architecture, it represents continued advancement in Zhipu AI's model development.
Meta
Llama 3.1 405B was developed as Meta's largest open-source language model, designed to provide frontier-level capabilities with 405 billion parameters. Built to demonstrate that open-source models can match proprietary systems in capability, it enables researchers and developers to experiment with and deploy a powerful foundation model without licensing restrictions.
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23
GLM-4.6
Zhipu AI
2025-09-30
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics
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DeepInfra
ZeroEval

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
GLM-4.6

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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