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Qwen3.5 9B vs GLM 4.5 Air

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Qwen3.5 9B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark

GLM 4.5 Air wins:

  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Qwen3.5 9B
Benchmark Advantage
GLM 4.5 Air
Context Window
Qwen3.5 9B
Speed
Qwen3.5 9B

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureQwen3.5 9BGLM 4.5 Air
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyQwen3.5 9BGLM 4.5 Air
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorQwenZ-ai
ReleasedMar 2026Jul 2025

Qwen3.5 9B Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

GLM 4.5 Air Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.5 9B has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. Qwen3.5 9B has cheaper output pricing at $0.15/M tokens.
GLM 4.5 Air scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 23.8, compared to Qwen3.5 9B's score of 21.4.
Qwen3.5 9B has a 262,144 token context window, while GLM 4.5 Air has a 131,072 token context window.
Qwen3.5 9B does not support vision. GLM 4.5 Air does not support vision.