Model Comparison

GLM-4.5-Air vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

GLM-4.5-Air significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

GLM-4.5-Air outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen2 72B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

GLM-4.5-Air significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5-Air
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

34.0B diff

GLM-4.5-Air has 34.0B more parameters than Qwen2 72B Instruct, making it 47.2% larger.

Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5-Air
106.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
106.0B
GLM-4.5-Air
72.0B
Qwen2 72B Instruct

License

Usage and distribution terms

GLM-4.5-Air is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

GLM-4.5-Air

MIT

Open weights

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GLM-4.5-Air was released on 2025-07-28, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

GLM-4.5-Air is 12 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

GLM-4.5-Air

Jul 28, 2025

8 months ago

1.0yr newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.7 years ago

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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Key Takeaways

Higher GPQA score (75.0% vs 42.4%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (81.4% vs 64.4%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2 72B Instruct

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Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5-Air
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about GLM-4.5-Air vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

GLM-4.5-Air significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. GLM-4.5-Air is made by Zhipu AI and Qwen2 72B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
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%. Qwen2 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.1%, CMMLU: 90.1%, HellaSwag: 87.6%, HumanEval: 86.0%, Winogrande: 85.1%.
Key differences include licensing (MIT vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
GLM-4.5-Air is developed by Zhipu AI and Qwen2 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.