Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air vs Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max
Compare Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air by Zhipu AI against Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max by Qwen, context windows of 128K vs 1.0M, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 AirRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air is 6.8x 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
13× cheaper
Output
$1.10
6.8× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max
Input
$2.50
Output
$7.50
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air is cheaper on both — 13× input, 6.8× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
60%
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air uses 1.9x more lists
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max
48%Vocabulary54%
16wSentence Length19w
0.40Hedging0.22
5.4Bold5.0
4.8Lists2.5
0.10Emoji0.15
0.75Headings0.91
0.12Transitions0.11
Based on 15 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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