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Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GLM-4.7-Flash

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 7.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.8

Rank #180 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 20.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 40% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 0% for GLM-4.7-Flash.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash PreviewGLM-4.7-Flash
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index52.338.8
Released2025-12-172026-01-19
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.06
Output $ / M tokens$3$0.40
Results tracked5921

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Coding14601383
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), GLM-4.7-Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.7-Flash
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.7-Flash
Chess Puzzles40%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14651356
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.7-Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%58.3%
LMArena Math14731355
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.7-Flash
GPQA Diamond89.4%60.5%
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%9.3%
LMArena Expert14621357
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), GLM-4.7-Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Non-English14581330
LMArena Chinese15111403
LMArena French14771332
LMArena German14971337
LMArena Korean14431283
LMArena Russian14801332
LMArena Spanish14691350
LMArena Japanese1489—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following14371327

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Longer Query14521345

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Text14661351
LMArena Creative Writing14571297
LMArena Multi-Turn14711342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1125

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than GLM-4.7-Flash?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 7.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM-4.7-Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 40.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM-4.7-Flash share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7-Flash has 21.

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