Model comparison

GLM-4.5-Air vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat

GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5-Air Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.9

Rank #177 Confirmed

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.8

Rank #322 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5-Air scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5-Air leads 55.9 to 23.8.

Side by side

GLM-4.5-Air and Qwen1.5 4b Chat specifications
GLM-4.5-AirQwen1.5 4b Chat
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.928.8
Released2025-07-20—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.10—
Results tracked2713

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 33.3 (#259), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Coding1397999
GSO2.9%—

Reasoning GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 24.1 (#166), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts1379976
Kagi LLM Benchmark43%—
ForecastBench59.2—

Math GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 36.2 (#170), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Math13961026
Omni-MATH39.1%—

Knowledge GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 35.0 (#191), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Expert1370980
Humanity's Last Exam8.1%—
MMLU-Pro76.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
GPQA (HELM)59.4%—

Multilingual GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 49.1 (#135), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Non-English1366979
LMArena Chinese14261024
LMArena German1377902
LMArena Russian1373952
LMArena French1399—
LMArena Japanese1348—
LMArena Korean1308—
LMArena Spanish1386—

Instruction Following GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 69.6 (#171), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Instruction Following1354978
IFEval81.2%—

Long Context GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 41.6 (#135), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Longer Query1366988

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 55.9 (#139), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Text1384997
LMArena Creative Writing1343969
LMArena Multi-Turn1371977
WildBench78.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5-Air better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?

GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5-Air or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?

GLM-4.5-Air scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.3 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5-Air and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5-Air has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.

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