Is zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 cheaper?

zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air is cheaper on output tokens ($0.86 vs $1.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3?

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 has the larger context window (164K tokens).

zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air vs deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3

zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air is cheaper on output tokens, while deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 offers a larger context window. Choose zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air	deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3
Provider	SiliconFlow (China)	SiliconFlow (China)
Input / 1M tokens	$0.14	$0.25
Output / 1M tokens	$0.86	$1.00
Context window	131K	164K
Parameters	—	671B
Open weights	No	No
Released	Jul 2025	Dec 2024

zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air details →deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 details →

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