Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs GLM-4.7-Flash

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.8

Rank #180 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-4.7-Flash in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 20.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 50% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 0% for GLM-4.7-Flash.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $9 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and GLM-4.7-Flash specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index54.238.8
Released2026-05-192026-01-19
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50$0.06
Output $ / M tokens$9$0.40
Results tracked5421

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Coding14921383
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), GLM-4.7-Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
Chess Puzzles50%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14881356
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173)

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
GPQA Diamond92.8%60.5%
LMArena Expert14951357
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), GLM-4.7-Flash: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Non-English14761330
LMArena Chinese15261403
LMArena French14901332
LMArena German14921337
LMArena Korean14511283
LMArena Russian14931332
LMArena Spanish14801350
LMArena Japanese1486—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following14671327

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Longer Query14821345

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Text14821351
LMArena Creative Writing14701297
LMArena Multi-Turn14811342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1125
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than GLM-4.7-Flash?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.7-Flash?

GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash lists at $1.50 and $9.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.7-Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 40.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and GLM-4.7-Flash share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7-Flash has 21.

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