GLM 4.5 Air (free) vs GPT-4o Mini

GLM-4.5-Air is the lightweight version of our newest flagship model family, designed specifically for agent-focused applications. Like GLM-4.5, it uses a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture, but with a smaller parameter footprint. GLM-4.5-Air also supports hybrid inference modes, including a "thinking mode" for deeper reasoning and tool usage, and a "non-thinking mode" for real-time interactions.

OpenAI’s most advanced small model, GPT-4o mini, supports both text and image inputs with text outputs. It is highly cost-effective, achieving SOTA intelligence and outperforming larger models on key benchmarks, making it ideal for scalable, interactive applications.