🇨🇳 China generalistReleased July 2025
GLM-4.5 Air
Z.ai
Open-sourceSelf-host
Verdict
A solid pick for self-hosting and full data control.
Skill profile
Not disclosed
Strengths
- Open-source and self-hostable
Limitations
- No native GDPR guarantee
- API pricing not disclosed
Who is it for
A good fit if…
- you want to control cost or self-host
Skip it if…
- you handle sensitive EU data
Access & availability
Self-hostable (open weights)
Key specifications
Context
128K
Input price
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Output price
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Speed
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Price not auditedBenchmarks not audited
Privacy
Not GDPR-compliant
Run it locally
Dedicated GPU server418k614
| Quantization | Disk | RAM / VRAM | Typical hardware |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 · recommended | 60.4 GB | 68 GB | 96-128GB Mac Studio / 4× GPUs |
| Q8 · balanced | 113.4 GB | 127 GB | Server GPU infra (H100/A100…) |
| FP16 · max quality | 212 GB | 235 GB | Server GPU infra (H100/A100…) |
Estimates for a moderate context. Long contexts need more RAM (KV cache).
Advanced data · for expertsArchitecture, modalities, detailed cost, full benchmarks▾
Advanced data · for experts
Architecture, modalities, detailed cost, full benchmarks
Architecture
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Size
106B (MoE, 12B actifs)
Cutoff date
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Inputs
text
Outputs
text
License
mit
Hosting
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Hallucination score
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Estimated cost (API)
Typical exchange (~3k in / 1k out)
Not disclosed
1M in + 1M out
Not disclosed
All benchmarks
| Arena Elo | — |
| MMLU | — |
| GPQA | — |
| HumanEval | — |
| SWE-Bench | — |
| MATH | — |