# GLM-4.5-Air vs Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct (slim)

> GLM-4.5-Air scores 59.1 (C) to Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct's 52.6 (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 59.1 (C) on agent readiness against Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct's 52.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 5 scored categories. Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct leads on reach. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- GLM-4.5-Air: C 59.1, rank #62 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/glm-4-5-air.min.md
- Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct: D 52.6, rank #84 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-vl-4b-instruct.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 Capability, 50 against 25; Risk, 65 against 55; Agent interface, 85 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 38 against 31.
- Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct, good for An agent with 4 GB or more to spare that needs a local model to read images, documents and video Ahead on Reach, 95 against 65.

| Category | GLM-4.5-Air | Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | 50 | 25 |
| Reach (25%) | 65 | 95 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 38 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GLM-4.5-Air | Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Z.ai (Zhipu AI) | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2025-08-11 | 2025-11-01 |