GLM-4.5-Air vs GPT-4.1 nano

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

GLM-4.5-Air is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 37 to 23. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GLM-4.5-Air's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 36.9 against 9.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 35 to 80.1. GPT-4.1 nano does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-4.1 nano gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for GLM-4.5-Air.

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-4.5-Air if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 nano only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

Knowledge

GPT-4.1 nano

GLM-4.5-Air

31

GPT-4.1 nano

65.2

35
MMLU
80.1
34
GPQA
50.3
32
SuperGPQA
-
30
OpenBookQA
-
51
MMLU-Pro
-
4
HLE
-

Coding

GLM-4.5-Air
27
HumanEval
-
15
SWE-bench Verified
-
15
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

GLM-4.5-Air

GLM-4.5-Air

36.9

GPT-4.1 nano

9.8

35
AIME 2023
-
37
AIME 2024
9.8
36
AIME 2025
-
31
HMMT Feb 2023
-
33
HMMT Feb 2024
-
32
HMMT Feb 2025
-
34
BRUMO 2025
-
57
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

GLM-4.5-Air
33
SimpleQA
-
31
MuSR
-
63
BBH
-

Instruction Following

GPT-4.1 nano

GLM-4.5-Air

68

GPT-4.1 nano

83.2

68
IFEval
83.2

Multilingual

GLM-4.5-Air
63
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GLM-4.5-Air or GPT-4.1 nano?

GLM-4.5-Air is ahead overall, 37 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 35 and 80.1.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GLM-4.5-Air or GPT-4.1 nano?

GPT-4.1 nano has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.2 versus 31. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GLM-4.5-Air or GPT-4.1 nano?

GLM-4.5-Air has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 36.9 versus 9.8. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GLM-4.5-Air or GPT-4.1 nano?

GPT-4.1 nano has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 83.2 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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