# GLM-4.5-Air vs Kimi K3.1 Pro (slim)

> GLM-4.5-Air scores 60.3 (C) to Kimi K3.1 Pro's 48.6 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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GLM-4.5-Air scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against Kimi K3.1 Pro's 48.6 (D), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Kimi K3.1 Pro leads on documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- GLM-4.5-Air: C 60.3, rank #90 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/glm-4-5-air.min.md
- Kimi K3.1 Pro: D 48.6, rank #151 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-k3-1-pro.min.md
- GLM-4.5-Air, good for Agents with two to four datacentre GPUs, or a provider account, who want a permissively licensed English and Chinese tool-calling model with wide runtime support. Ahead on Reach, 70 against 40; Risk, 65 against 50; Agent interface, 85 against 65.
- Kimi K3.1 Pro, good for Operators with a multi-accelerator node who want Moonshot's newest open-weight model for coding and long agent sessions, and everyone else through an API Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 51 against 38.

| Category | GLM-4.5-Air | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 70 | 40 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 65 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 38 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GLM-4.5-Air | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Z.ai (Zhipu AI) | Moonshot AI |
| Licence | MIT | Kimi K3.1 Pro License (modified MIT) |
| Last release | 2025-08-11 | 2026-11-05 |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Reach, GLM-4.5-Air +30: GLM-4.5-Air 70 (Memory 5 of 30, Z.ai's smallest build is FP8 at 112.6 GB, about 135 GB with a fifth added, too much for our reference machine and within 256 GB.); Kimi K3.1 Pro 40 (Memory 0, the only build is Moonshot's 1,561 GB MXFP4 release, far above 256 GB.)
- Agent interface, GLM-4.5-Air +20: GLM-4.5-Air 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Kimi K3.1 Pro 65 (Chat template 10, the format is only code to run.)
- Risk, GLM-4.5-Air +15: GLM-4.5-Air 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and nothing from the repository runs.); Kimi K3.1 Pro 50 (File safety 15, safetensors only, less 10 for remote code and prompts built by the repository's script.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Kimi K3.1 Pro +13: GLM-4.5-Air 38 (Model card 8 of 20, intended use, parameters and languages only.); Kimi K3.1 Pro 51 (Model card 11, no limitations, languages or cut-off.)