AI model comparison
Trinity Large Thinking vs GLM 4.5 Air
Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.
Arcee AI
Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking is a powerful open source reasoning model from the team at Arcee AI. It shows strong performance in PinchBench, agentic workloads, and reasoning tasks.
- Input / 1M
- $0.25
- Output / 1M
- $0.80
- Context
- 262K
Z.ai
GLM 4.5 Air
GLM-4.5-Air is the lightweight variant of our latest flagship model family, also purpose-built for agent-centric applications.
- Input / 1M
- $0.13
- Output / 1M
- $0.85
- Context
- 131K
At a glance
Quick verdict
How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.
Lower price
GLM 4.5 Air
1.3x cheaper for a typical chat
Higher intelligence score
GLM 4.5 Air
11.1 vs 10.8 on Artificial Analysis
Larger context window
Trinity Large Thinking
262K vs 131K tokens
Newer release
Trinity Large Thinking
Released April 1, 2026
Benchmarks
Benchmark scores
Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
Intelligence index
Coding index
Agentic index
Pricing
Trinity Large Thinking vs GLM 4.5 Air API pricing
Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.
| Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.25 | $0.13 |
| Output tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.80 | $0.85 |
| Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens | $0.06 | $0.03 |
| Cache writePer 1M tokens | Not available | Not available |
What it costs in practice
Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.
Chat message
2K in, 500 out
Coding task
30K in, 4K out
Long document summary
150K in, 2K out
Specs
Context window and capabilities
How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.
| Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 262K tokens | 131K tokens |
| Max output | 80K tokens | 98K tokens |
| Input types | Text | Text |
| Output types | Text | Text |
| Reasoning effort levels | Not available | Not available |
| Default reasoning effort | Not available | Not available |
| Release date | April 1, 2026 | July 25, 2025 |
Features
Supported features
API features available for each model.
| Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tool calling | Supported | Supported |
| Structured outputs | Not supported | Not supported |
| JSON mode | Not supported | Not supported |
| Reasoning | Supported | Supported |
| Temperature | Supported | Supported |
| Stop sequences | Not supported | Supported |
| Deterministic seed | Not supported | Supported |
| Verbosity control | Not supported | Not supported |
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Our take
GLM 4.5 Air is 1.3x cheaper for a typical chat. GLM 4.5 Air scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (11.1 vs 10.8). Trinity Large Thinking has the larger context window (262K vs 131K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Trinity Large Thinking or GLM 4.5 Air cheaper?
GLM 4.5 Air is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). GLM 4.5 Air costs $0.13 per 1M input tokens and $0.85 per 1M output tokens, while Trinity Large Thinking costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.80 per 1M output tokens.
Which has a bigger context window, Trinity Large Thinking or GLM 4.5 Air?
Trinity Large Thinking supports up to 262K tokens of context, compared with 131K for GLM 4.5 Air.
Is Trinity Large Thinking smarter than GLM 4.5 Air?
On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Trinity Large Thinking scores 10.8 and GLM 4.5 Air scores 11.1, putting GLM 4.5 Air ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.
Can I use Trinity Large Thinking and GLM 4.5 Air at the same time?
Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Trinity Large Thinking and GLM 4.5 Air answer side by side and keep the better response.
Why choose? Ask both.
Send one prompt to Trinity Large Thinking and GLM 4.5 Air at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.