GLM-4-Air vs Yi Lightning

Capability, benchmark, and verified hosting price comparison.

Quick verdict

Cheapest hosting: GLM-4-Air— $0.070 vs $0.140 / 1M blended tokens
Context window: GLM-4-Air— 131,072 tokens vs 16,384

Derived from public benchmarks and verified hosting prices. Benchmark wins count only where both models have a score; direction respects each benchmark’s higher-is-better flag.

GLM-4-Air

by Zhipu AI · GLM-4

Context: 131,072 tokens
Open weight: No
Modalities: text

Yi Lightning

by 01.AI · Yi

Context: 16,384 tokens
Open weight: No
Modalities: text

Cheapest verified hosting

GLM-4-Air cheapest

Zhipu AI

$0.070/ 1M tokens (blended)

Input: $0.070
Output: $0.070
Context: 131,072 tok

Yi Lightning cheapest

01.AI

$0.140/ 1M tokens (blended)

Input: $0.140
Output: $0.140
Context: 16,384 tok