Zai Org Glm 4.5 Air vs Zai Org Glm 4.6v

Zai Org Glm 4.5 Air vs Zai Org Glm 4.6v: Zai Org Glm 4.5 Air is cheaper by 57% on average. Zai Org Glm 4.5 Air from Novita AI (131,072-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. Zai Org Glm 4.6v from Novita AI (131,072-token context, reasoning, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.

Side-by-side cost

Live workload comparison

Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.

3,000
0131,072
400
098,304
5,000
01,000,000
Novita AI
$111/mo
Input $0.130/M · Output $0.850/M
Novita AI
$192/mo
Input $0.300/M · Output $0.900/M
At this workload, Zai Org Glm 4.5 Air is 42% cheaper than Zai Org Glm 4.6v — a savings of $80.66/month ($968/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
  model: zai-org-glm-4-5-air
  provider: novita-ai
fallback:
  model: zai-org-glm-4-6v
  provider: novita-ai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 }   # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live
Zai Org Glm 4.5 Air Zai Org Glm 4.6v
Input price $0.130/M $0.300/M
Output price $0.850/M $0.900/M
Context window 131,072 131,072
Max output 98,304 32,768
Function calling
Vision
Audio input
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Structured output
Pricing verified May 12, 2026 May 12, 2026
Cheaper option
~57% cheaper than Zai Org Glm 4.6v
Larger context
131,072 tokens
More capabilities
4 of 6 capability flags advertised