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gemma 4 E4B it vs GLM 4.5 Air

gemma 4 E4B it (Google) and GLM 4.5 Air (Z.ai) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 10 September 2026

As of 10 September 2026, GLM 4.5 Air holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#99 vs #102).

Which should you choose?

Choose gemma 4 E4B it if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — gemma 4 E4B it was listed 2 March 2026, GLM 4.5 Air 25 July 2025.

Choose GLM 4.5 Air if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #99 against #102 (42.2 vs 41.2 points).
  • you want provider choice — 3 listed API providers against 0.

gemma 4 E4B it vs GLM 4.5 Air: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of gemma 4 E4B it and GLM 4.5 Air
Fieldgemma 4 E4B itGoogleGLM 4.5 AirZ.ai
ModelCap Index position#102#99
Index score41.242.2
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.13
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.85
Context window— tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens—98K
API providers listed03
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, Image, AudioText
First listed2 March 202625 July 2025
PublisherGoogleZ.ai

Evidence: publisher-corpus-prior over 184 held-out anchors (6%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 5 rows (94%); no cross-lab optimism probe available; shrunk 1.6 up toward the measured corpus · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: gemma 4 E4B it vs GLM 4.5 Air

Public benchmark boards where gemma 4 E4B it or GLM 4.5 Air has a published result
Boardgemma 4 E4B itGLM 4.5 AirLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14271419–1435Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—46.5%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="GLM-4.5-Air":reasoning=trueOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—7.0%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="GLM-4.5-Air":reasoning=trueOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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gemma 4 E4B it vs GLM 4.5 Air: common questions

Is gemma 4 E4B it better than GLM 4.5 Air?

GLM 4.5 Air ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 10 September 2026: #99 against #102. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is gemma 4 E4B it cheaper than GLM 4.5 Air?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, gemma 4 E4B it or GLM 4.5 Air?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, gemma 4 E4B it or GLM 4.5 Air?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are gemma 4 E4B it and GLM 4.5 Air open-weight models?

gemma 4 E4B it: Open weights. GLM 4.5 Air: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run gemma 4 E4B it and GLM 4.5 Air?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for gemma 4 E4B it and 3 for GLM 4.5 Air, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this gemma 4 E4B it vs GLM 4.5 Air comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 10 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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