Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GLM-4.6 leads with 50.6% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct offers 65.5K more tokens in context window than GLM-4.6. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is $2.54 cheaper per million tokens. GLM-4.6 supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 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 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-4.6
Zhipu AI
2025-09-30
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GLM-4.6

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
GLM-4.6

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics
GLM-4.6
DeepInfra
ZeroEval

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
GLM-4.6

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
GLM-4.6

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