Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air vs Qwen3.5 9B
Compare Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air by Zhipu AI against Qwen3.5 9B by Qwen, context windows of 128K vs 262K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air
Qwen3.5 9B
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen3.5 9B is 7.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air
Input
$0.20
Output
$1.10
Qwen3.5 9B
Input
$0.10
2.0× cheaper
Output
$0.15
7.3× cheaper
Qwen3.5 9B is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 7.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
77%
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air uses 9.9x more emoji
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air
Qwen3.5 9B
48%Vocabulary47%
16wSentence Length15w
0.40Hedging0.41
5.4Bold6.9
4.8Lists4.8
0.10Emoji0.00
0.75Headings0.91
0.12Transitions0.12
Based on 15 + 21 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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