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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs GLM-4.5-Air

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite comes out ahead, 83 to 48 and 48 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. NVIDIA

    Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5

    Released Jul 25, 2025

    48/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.40 / $0.40
    • Context131K
  2. Our pick

    Google

    Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

    Released Jun 17, 2025

    83/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.10 / $0.40
    • Context1.05M
  3. Z.ai (Zhipu)

    GLM-4.5-Air

    Released Jul 28, 2025

    48/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.20 / $1.10
    • Context131K
01 — Verdict

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is our pick

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 83/100 against Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (48) and GLM-4.5-Air (48). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite $0.175 · Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 $0.40 · GLM-4.5-Air $0.425 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 1,048,576 · Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 131,072 · GLM-4.5-Air 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteLlama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5: Text · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · GLM-4.5-Air: Text
  • Self-hostingLlama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 and GLM-4.5-AirPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightLlama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGLM-4.5-Air
Price50%668265
Inputs & features30%3510035
Context window20%256125
Overall100%48/10083/10048/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs GLM-4.5-Air specifications side by side
SpecificationLlama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5NVIDIAGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGoogleGLM-4.5-AirZ.ai (Zhipu)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)———
ECI rank———
Price per million tokens
Input$0.40$0.10 (best)$0.20
Output$0.40 (best)$0.40 (best)$1.10
Cached input—$0.01 (best)$0.03
Blended (3:1)$0.40$0.175 (best)$0.425
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 1 providersOfficial Google APIOfficial Z.AI API
Limits
Context window131,072 tokens1,048,576 tokens (best)131,072 tokens
Max output131,072 tokens (best)65,536 tokens98,304 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoYesNo
PDFsNoYesNo
AudioNoYesNo
VideoNoYesNo
ReasoningYesYesYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoYesNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietaryOpen
API model ID—gemini-2.5-flash-liteglm-4.5-air
API providers124 (best)19
ReleasedJul 25, 2025Jun 17, 2025Jul 28, 2025
Knowledge cutoff—Jan 2025Apr 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5$4.80
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite$1.80
  • GLM-4.5-Air$4.20
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or GLM-4.5-Air?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 83/100 against Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (48) and GLM-4.5-Air (48). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or GLM-4.5-Air?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Google API price). Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 costs $0.40 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider); GLM-4.5-Air costs $0.20 input / $1.10 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.175 per million tokens for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite versus $0.40 for Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (2.3× as much) and $0.425 for GLM-4.5-Air (2.4× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 has not been scored yet, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has not been scored yet and GLM-4.5-Air has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and GLM-4.5-Air yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 131,072 for Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 and 131,072 for GLM-4.5-Air. Maximum output per response: Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 up to 131,072, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite up to 65,536, GLM-4.5-Air up to 98,304 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 accepts text; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; GLM-4.5-Air accepts text. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 and GLM-4.5-Air publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is proprietary.

Which is newer?

GLM-4.5-Air is the newest, released Jul 28, 2025. Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 came out Jul 25, 2025; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite came out Jun 17, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Jan 2025, GLM-4.5-Air Apr 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.