Noometry

Model comparison

GLM-4.6V vs Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.6V costs 6.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.3

Rank #137 Confirmed

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6V scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.7 in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.7 leads 62.8 to 38.0.
  • GLM-4.6V is cheaper at $0.30 / $0.90 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 128K.
  • GLM-4.6V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.6VGrok 4.7
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)xAI
Noometry Index41.353.1
Released2025-12-082026-09-21
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K500K
Max output33K500K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$2
Output $ / M tokens$0.90$6
Results tracked1239

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128), Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGrok 4.7
LMArena Coding13901427
FrontierCode—47.6%
CursorBench—46.3%
LMArena WebDev—1639
FrontierSWE—29.5%
SciCode—57.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: —, Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGrok 4.7
APEX-Agents—54.6%
GDP.pdf—22.8%
Vending-Bench 2—10,537

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115), Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGrok 4.7
LMArena Hard Prompts13681413
NYT Connections (extended)—76.8%
CritPt—18%
Chess Puzzles—38%
Mystery Game Puzzles—29%
DTBench—96%
LMCA—49.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—153.53

Math Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: —, Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGrok 4.7
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—53%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—98.1%
ProofBench—34%
LMArena Math—1407

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149), Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGrok 4.7
LMArena Expert13711422
GPQA Diamond—92.7%
SimpleQA Verified—56%

Multimodal Too close to call

GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90), Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGrok 4.7
LMArena Vision11641228
Blueprint-Bench 2—32.5%
Furniture Assembly—20.8%

Multilingual Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141), Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGrok 4.7
LMArena Non-English13591389
LMArena Chinese14251455
LMArena Russian13401397
LMArena French—1455
LMArena Spanish—1400

Instruction Following Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151), Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGrok 4.7
LMArena Instruction Following13521404

Long Context Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143), Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGrok 4.7
LMArena Longer Query13581413

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137), Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGrok 4.7
LMArena Text13771399
LMArena Creative Writing13471391
LMArena Multi-Turn13601393
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2007

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6V better than Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.6V costs 6.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6V or Grok 4.7?

GLM-4.6V is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is GLM-4.6V or Grok 4.7 better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 40.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.7 does, with 500K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and Grok 4.7 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.7 has 39.

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