Is GLM-4.5 or Amazon Nova Micro 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 Amazon Nova Micro ship a 128K-token context window.

Is GLM-4.5 or Amazon Nova Micro better for coding?

Both GLM-4.5 and Amazon Nova Micro 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.

When were GLM-4.5 and Amazon Nova Micro released?

GLM-4.5 was released by Other on 2025-07-28. Amazon Nova Micro was released by Other on 2024-12-03.

Is GLM-4.5 or Amazon Nova Micro 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 Amazon Nova Micro ship a 128K-token context window.

Is GLM-4.5 or Amazon Nova Micro better for coding?

Both GLM-4.5 and Amazon Nova Micro 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.

When were GLM-4.5 and Amazon Nova Micro released?

GLM-4.5 was released by Other on 2025-07-28. Amazon Nova Micro was released by Other on 2024-12-03.

GLM-4.5 vs Amazon Nova Micro

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

UpdatedApr 30, 2026

GLM-4.5 specs · Amazon Nova Micro specs

Verdict by category

PriceAmazon Nova Micro
Amazon Nova Micro publishes pricing ($0.14 / 1M output tokens) while GLM-4.5 does not.
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 Amazon Nova Micro.
OpennessGLM-4.5
GLM-4.5 ships open weights (MIT); Amazon Nova Micro is API-only.

On balance GLM-4.5 edges ahead, winning 2 of 5 categories against Amazon Nova Micro's 1. Amazon Nova Micro publishes pricing ($0.14 / 1M output tokens) while GLM-4.5 does not. 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 Amazon Nova Micro handles text, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. GLM-4.5 ships open weights (MIT); Amazon Nova Micro is API-only.

GLM-4.5 is the newer of the two, released 8 months after Amazon Nova Micro, 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 Amazon Nova Micro sees more deployments in cheapest llm and fastest llm. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

Spec	GLM-4.5	Amazon Nova Micro
Provider	Other	Other
Released	Jul 2025	Dec 2024
Modalities	text, vision	text
Context window	128K tokens	128K tokens
Max output	,	,
Input · 1M	Pricing not published	$0.035 / 1M tokens
Output · 1M	Pricing not published	$0.14 / 1M tokens
Knowledge cutoff	,	,
Open weights	Yes (MIT)	No
API available	Yes	Yes

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 $0.315
Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day, vs $3.15
RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day, vs $6.09

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.

Input tokens / dayOutput tokens / dayHorizon

GLM-4.5Pricing unavailable
Amazon Nova Micro$0.011

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
Self-hosting and on-prem requirements, open weights (MIT).
Multimodal needs covering vision.

Pick Amazon Nova Micro if

Amazon Nova Micro fits when…

Lowest-cost frontier-lab model
Native AWS integration
Generous 128k context for the price tier

Don't want either?

Consider DBRX

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

See DBRX specs GLM-4.5 vs DBRX Amazon Nova Micro vs DBRX

Frequently asked

Is GLM-4.5 or Amazon Nova Micro 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 Amazon Nova Micro ship a 128K-token context window.
Is GLM-4.5 or Amazon Nova Micro better for coding?
Both GLM-4.5 and Amazon Nova Micro 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?
GLM-4.5 ships open weights (MIT). Amazon Nova Micro is API-only.
When were GLM-4.5 and Amazon Nova Micro released?
GLM-4.5 was released by Other on 2025-07-28. Amazon Nova Micro was released by Other on 2024-12-03.

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