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GLM-4.5 vs Granite 3.1 8B

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

Updated

GLM-4.5 specs · Granite 3.1 8B specs
Verdict by category
  • PriceTie

    Neither model publishes per-token API pricing.

  • Context windowTie

    Both ship a 128K-token context window.

  • BenchmarksTie

    No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.

  • ModalitiesGLM-4.5

    GLM-4.5 supports 2 modalities (text, vision) vs 1 for Granite 3.1 8B.

  • OpennessTie

    Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

On balance GLM-4.5 edges ahead, winning 1 of 5 categories against Granite 3.1 8B's 0. Neither model publishes per-token API pricing. Both ship a 128K-token context window.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, GLM-4.5 handles text, vision while Granite 3.1 8B handles text, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

GLM-4.5 is the newer of the two, released 7 months after Granite 3.1 8B, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. GLM-4.5 is usually picked for chinese llm and open source llm workloads, while Granite 3.1 8B sees more deployments in enterprise llm and commercial use llm. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

SpecGLM-4.5Granite 3.1 8B
ProviderOtherOther
ReleasedJul 2025Dec 2024
Modalitiestext, visiontext
Context window128K tokens128K tokens
Max output,,
Input · 1MPricing not publishedPricing not published
Output · 1MPricing not publishedPricing not published
Knowledge cutoff,,
Open weightsYes (MIT)Yes (Apache-2.0)
API availableYesYes

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day, vs ,
  • Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day, vs ,
  • RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day, vs ,

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • GLM-4.5Pricing unavailable
  • Granite 3.1 8BPricing unavailable

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Benchmark scores not yet available. We only publish numbers we can source from official model cards or independent leaderboards, see methodology.
Pick GLM-4.5 if

GLM-4.5 fits when…

  • MIT license
  • Strong Chinese
  • Multimodal
  • Multimodal needs covering vision.
Pick Granite 3.1 8B if

Granite 3.1 8B fits when…

  • Apache-2.0
  • Enterprise-friendly
  • IP-clean training
Don't want either?

Consider DBRX

Databricks' 132B MoE, a notable 2024 open-weight release tuned for enterprise.

See DBRX specsGLM-4.5 vs DBRXGranite 3.1 8B vs DBRX

Frequently asked

  • Is GLM-4.5 or Granite 3.1 8B cheaper?
    Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.
  • Which has the larger context window?
    Both GLM-4.5 and Granite 3.1 8B ship a 128K-token context window.
  • Is GLM-4.5 or Granite 3.1 8B better for coding?
    Both GLM-4.5 and Granite 3.1 8B are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
  • Are either of these models open source?
    Both ship with open weights. GLM-4.5 is licensed under MIT; Granite 3.1 8B under Apache-2.0.
  • When were GLM-4.5 and Granite 3.1 8B released?
    GLM-4.5 was released by Other on 2025-07-28. Granite 3.1 8B was released by Other on 2024-12-18.
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