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Ling 3.0 tiny vs GLM 4.5 Air

Ling 3.0 tiny (InclusionAI) 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 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, GLM 4.5 Air holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#94 vs #95).

Which should you choose?

Choose Ling 3.0 tiny if…

  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 9.3% against 7.0%.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Ling 3.0 tiny was listed 10 August 2026, GLM 4.5 Air 25 July 2025.

Choose GLM 4.5 Air if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #94 against #95 (41.8 vs 41.7 points).
  • you want provider choice — 3 listed API providers against 0.

Ling 3.0 tiny vs GLM 4.5 Air: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Ling 3.0 tiny and GLM 4.5 Air
FieldLing 3.0 tinyInclusionAIGLM 4.5 AirZ.ai
ModelCap Index position#95#94
Index score41.741.8
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
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 modalitiesTextText
First listed10 August 202625 July 2025
PublisherInclusionAIZ.ai

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Ling 3.0 tiny vs GLM 4.5 Air

Public benchmark boards where Ling 3.0 tiny or GLM 4.5 Air has a published result
BoardLing 3.0 tinyGLM 4.5 AirLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14271419–1435Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis11.9intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecified—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis27.7%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Ling 3.0 Tiny":reasoning=true—Only 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 Analysis9.3%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Ling 3.0 Tiny":reasoning=true7.0%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="GLM-4.5-Air":reasoning=trueLing 3.0 tiny

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

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Ling 3.0 tiny vs GLM 4.5 Air: common questions

Is Ling 3.0 tiny better than GLM 4.5 Air?

GLM 4.5 Air ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #94 against #95. 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 Ling 3.0 tiny 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, Ling 3.0 tiny or GLM 4.5 Air?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Ling 3.0 tiny 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 Ling 3.0 tiny and GLM 4.5 Air open-weight models?

Ling 3.0 tiny: 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 Ling 3.0 tiny and GLM 4.5 Air?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Ling 3.0 tiny 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 Ling 3.0 tiny vs GLM 4.5 Air comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 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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