Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 vs GLM 4.5 Air
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 and GLM 4.5 Air match in llmrun Score, with values of 96.4 versus 96.3; neither fits 24 GB.
Model A · Mistral AI
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603119.4B · 7.1B active · 1M context · Apache 2.0 · Jan 2026
Model B · Z.ai
GLM 4.5 Air110.5B · 15B active · 128K context · MIT · Jul 2025
Choose Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 if you want…
Longer context window
1M vs 128K tokens
Newer release
Jan 2026 vs Jul 2025
Choose GLM 4.5 Air if you want…
Fits a 48 GB GPU
IQ3_XS · 46.9 GB; Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 needs 42.8 GB at its smallest quant
On your hardware
Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.
8 GB
RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 42.8 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 31.7 GB
12 GB
RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 42.8 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 31.7 GB
16 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 42.8 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 31.7 GB
24 GBreference
RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 42.8 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 31.7 GB
32 GB
RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 42.8 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
IQ2_XXS · ~164 tok/s
31.7 GB · up to 16Kfits
48 GB
RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
IQ2_S · ~152 tok/s
47.3 GB · up to 16K
GLM 4.5 Air
IQ3_XS · ~67 tok/s
46.9 GB · up to 32Kbetter quant
Mac 32 GB
Mac Mini M4 · Macs
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 42.8 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 31.7 GB
Mac 64 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
IQ3_XS · ~66 tok/s
59.2 GB · up to 16K
GLM 4.5 Air
Q3_K_L · ~34 tok/s
57.9 GB · up to 32K
Mac 128 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
Q4_K_M · ~54 tok/s
81.6 GB · up to 64Kfaster
GLM 4.5 Air
Q4_K_M · ~30 tok/s
67.6 GB · up to 128K
Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).
Overall
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
GLM 4.5 Air
Reasoning
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
GLM 4.5 Air
no data
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 · #61 of 100 open models · #28 of 60 that fit ≤96 GB
GLM 4.5 Air · #62 of 100 open models · #30 of 60 that fit ≤96 GB
8 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
Only GLM 4.5 Air (5)
- LMArena Text1373.0
- Humanity's Last Exam8.1%
- MMLU-Pro81.4%
- ForecastBench59.2
- GSO-Bench2.9%
VRAM by quantization
Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.
Q2_K
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
52.3 GB42.1 GB file
32K 70.4 GB · 128K 128 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
47.4 GB45.3 GB file
32K 49.3 GB · 128K 55.5 GB
Q3_K_S
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
53.8 GB52.0 GB file
32K 71.9 GB · 128K 130 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
48.8 GB52.7 GB file
32K 50.7 GB · 128K 56.9 GB
Q3_K_M
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
59.7 GB54.6 GB file
32K 77.8 GB · 128K 136 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
54.3 GB57.2 GB file
32K 56.2 GB · 128K 62.4 GB
Q4_0
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
61.2 GB67.7 GB file
32K 79.3 GB · 128K 137 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
55.7 GB62.8 GB file
32K 57.6 GB · 128K 63.8 GB
Q4_K_M
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
73.2 GB72.6 GB file
32K 91.3 GB · 128K 149 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
66.7 GB73.0 GB file
32K 68.6 GB · 128K 74.8 GB
Q5_K_M
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
86.6 GB85.0 GB file
32K 105 GB · 128K 163 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
79.1 GB83.5 GB file
32K 81.1 GB · 128K 87.2 GB
Q6_K
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
100 GB102.8 GB file
32K 118 GB · 128K 176 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
91.6 GB99.0 GB file
32K 93.5 GB · 128K 99.7 GB
Q8_0
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
121 GB126.5 GB file
32K 139 GB · 128K 197 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
111 GB117.5 GB file
32K 113 GB · 128K 119 GB
20 more quants
IQ2_XXS
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
34.3 GB33.7 GB file
32K 52.5 GB · 128K 110 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
30.8 GB42.7 GB file
32K 32.7 GB · 128K 38.9 GB
IQ2_XS
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
37.3 GB37.0 GB file
32K 55.5 GB · 128K 113 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
33.6 GB42.2 GB file
32K 35.5 GB · 128K 41.7 GB
IQ2_S
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
38.8 GB38.1 GB file
32K 56.9 GB · 128K 115 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
35.0 GB42.5 GB file
32K 36.9 GB · 128K 43.1 GB
IQ2_M
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
41.8 GB41.6 GB file
32K 59.9 GB · 128K 118 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
37.7 GB44.4 GB file
32K 39.6 GB · 128K 45.8 GB
IQ3_XXS
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
47.8 GB49.9 GB file
32K 65.9 GB · 128K 124 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
43.2 GB51.4 GB file
32K 45.2 GB · 128K 51.3 GB
Q2_K_S
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
49.3 GB40.4 GB file
32K 67.4 GB · 128K 125 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
not listed
IQ3_XS
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
50.8 GB51.8 GB file
32K 68.9 GB · 128K 127 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
46.0 GB50.8 GB file
32K 47.9 GB · 128K 54.1 GB
IQ3_S
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
52.3 GB44.4 GB file
32K 70.4 GB · 128K 128 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
not listed
IQ3_M
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
55.2 GB57.0 GB file
32K 73.4 GB · 128K 131 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
50.1 GB55.5 GB file
32K 52.1 GB · 128K 58.2 GB
Q3_K_L
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
62.7 GB56.9 GB file
32K 80.8 GB · 128K 139 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
57.0 GB55.9 GB file
32K 59.0 GB · 128K 65.1 GB
IQ4_XS
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
65.7 GB63.8 GB file
32K 83.8 GB · 128K 142 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
59.8 GB60.5 GB file
32K 61.7 GB · 128K 67.9 GB
IQ4_NL
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
68.7 GB67.5 GB file
32K 86.8 GB · 128K 145 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
62.6 GB62.7 GB file
32K 64.5 GB · 128K 70.7 GB
Q4_1
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
68.7 GB74.5 GB file
32K 86.8 GB · 128K 145 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
62.6 GB69.4 GB file
32K 64.5 GB · 128K 70.7 GB
Q4_K_S
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
68.7 GB69.9 GB file
32K 86.8 GB · 128K 145 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
62.6 GB67.0 GB file
32K 64.5 GB · 128K 70.7 GB
Q4_K_L
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
74.6 GB73.0 GB file
32K 92.8 GB · 128K 151 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
not listed
Q5_0
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
76.1 GB81.9 GB file
32K 94.3 GB · 128K 152 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
not listed
Q5_1
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
83.6 GB89.3 GB file
32K 102 GB · 128K 160 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
not listed
Q5_K_S
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
83.6 GB82.2 GB file
32K 102 GB · 128K 160 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
76.4 GB78.4 GB file
32K 78.3 GB · 128K 84.5 GB
Q5_K_L
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
88.1 GB85.4 GB file
32K 106 GB · 128K 164 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
not listed
BF16
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
240 GB238.0 GB file
32K 258 GB · 128K 316 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
221 GB221.0 GB file
32K 223 GB · 128K 229 GB
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/bartowski/mistralai_Mistral-Small-4-119B-2603-GGUF:Q4_K_MGLM 4.5 Air
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/GLM-4.5-Air-GGUF:Q4_K_M| Spec | Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 | GLM 4.5 Air |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Mistral AI | Z.ai |
| Parameters | 119.4B | 110.5B |
| Active parameters | 7.1B per token | 15B per token |
| Architecture | Mistral3ForConditionalGeneration | Glm4MoeForCausalLM |
| Context | 1M tokens | 128K tokens |
| Modalities | Chat, Function-calling | Chat, Function-calling |
| License | Apache 2.0 | MIT |
| Released | Jan 2026 | Jul 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 or GLM 4.5 Air?
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 and GLM 4.5 Air match in llmrun Score, with values of 96.4 versus 96.3; neither fits 24 GB. Choose Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 for longer context window and newer release; choose GLM 4.5 Air for fits a 48 GB GPU.
Which needs less VRAM, Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 or GLM 4.5 Air?
At Q4_K_M, Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 requires 73.2 GB while GLM 4.5 Air needs 66.7 GB, making GLM 4.5 Air the easier model to run on your local setup.
Can I run Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 or GLM 4.5 Air on a 16 GB GPU?
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 does not fit (smallest quant needs 42.8 GB); GLM 4.5 Air does not fit (smallest quant needs 31.7 GB).
Which has a longer context window, Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 or GLM 4.5 Air?
Mistral Small 4 119B 2603 supports 1,048,576 tokens and GLM 4.5 Air supports 131,072 tokens.