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Command R+ vs GLM-4.5-Air

GLM-4.5-Air leads the LLM Stats Score 24.6 to -0.2.

Cohere · Zhipu AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

GLM-4.5-Air leads the overall LLM Stats Score 24.6 to -0.2, ranking #153 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Command R+

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.25/M input and $1.00/M output

Choose GLM-4.5-Air

  • overall performance matters — it scores 24.6 and ranks #153 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jul 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Command R+
Cohere
GLM-4.5-Air
Zhipu AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-0.2
#315
24.6
#153
Reasoning
-0.5
#310
24.0
#151
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Command R+
GLM-4.5-Air
Math
-1.7#299
22.7#128
Finance
1.7#179
26.7#41
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Command R+ · 14 for GLM-4.5-Air

No common benchmarks found

Command R+ and GLM-4.5-Airdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

2.0B diff

GLM-4.5-Air has 2.0B more parameters than Command R+, making it 1.9% larger.

Cohere
Command R+
104.0Bparameters
Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5-Air
106.0Bparameters
104.0B
Command R+
106.0B
GLM-4.5-Air

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Command R+ specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Command R+ specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Cohere
Command R+
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5-Air
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sun Sep 06 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Command R+ is licensed under CC BY-NC, while GLM-4.5-Air uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Command R+

CC BY-NC

Open weights

GLM-4.5-Air

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Command R+ was released on 2024-08-30, while GLM-4.5-Air was released on 2025-07-28.

GLM-4.5-Air is 11 months newer than Command R+.

Command R+

Aug 30, 2024

2.0 years ago

GLM-4.5-Air

Jul 28, 2025

1.1 years ago

11mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Command R+ and GLM-4.5-Air side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Command R+
✓ Preferred
GLM-4.5-Air
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FAQ

Common questions about Command R+ vs GLM-4.5-Air.

Which is better, Command R+ or GLM-4.5-Air?

GLM-4.5-Air leads the LLM Stats Score 24.6 to -0.2. Command R+ is made by Cohere and GLM-4.5-Air is made by Zhipu AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Command R+ compare to GLM-4.5-Air in benchmarks?

Command R+ scores HellaSwag: 88.6%, Winogrande: 85.4%, MMLU: 75.7%, ARC-C: 71.0%, GSM8k: 70.7%. GLM-4.5-Air scores MATH-500: 98.1%, AIME 2024: 89.4%, MMLU-Pro: 81.4%, TAU-bench Retail: 77.9%, BFCL-v3: 76.4%.

What are the context window sizes for Command R+ and GLM-4.5-Air?

Command R+ supports 128K tokens and GLM-4.5-Air supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Command R+ and GLM-4.5-Air?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-0.2 vs 24.6), licensing (CC BY-NC vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Command R+ and GLM-4.5-Air?

Command R+ is developed by Cohere and GLM-4.5-Air is developed by Zhipu AI.

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