Model comparison

GLM-4.7-Flash vs GPT-5.5

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 78× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.8

Rank #180 Confirmed

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #9 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.5 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 leads 72.8 to 20.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 0% for GLM-4.7-Flash and 54% for GPT-5.5.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $30 for GPT-5.5.
  • GPT-5.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7-Flash and GPT-5.5 specifications
GLM-4.7-FlashGPT-5.5
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index38.863.4
Released2026-01-192026-04-23
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window200K1.05M
Max output131K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.06$5
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$30
Results tracked2171

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135), GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGPT-5.5
LMArena Coding13831494
SWE-bench Verified—80.6%
DeepSWE—67%
FrontierCode—43%
LMArena WebDev—1513
SciCode—56.1%
GSO—40.2%
WeirdML—84.9%
MirrorCode—10%
ALE-Bench—1,943

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7-Flash: —, GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGPT-5.5
Terminal-Bench—84.7%
APEX-Agents—55.1%
OSWorld 2.0—13%
Remote Labor Index—6.3%
τ²-bench Banking—44.6%
DeepResearch Bench—54%
PostTrainBench—27.2%
ExploitBench—47.4%
GBAEval—53.2%
GDP.pdf—26%
LMArena Search—1242
Vending-Bench 2—7,524

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229), GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#11)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGPT-5.5
Chess Puzzles0%54%
LMArena Hard Prompts13561489
ARC-AGI-2—85%
SimpleBench—69%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—88.8%
NYT Connections (extended)—96.2%
ARC-AGI-1—95%
CritPt—27.1%
EBR-Bench—34.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles—56%
DTBench—96%
LMCA—54.3%
Surface Evolver Bench—88.1%
Bench to the Future 3—0.14
Epoch Capabilities Index—159.1
ForecastBench—60.6

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173), GPT-5.5: 81.7 (#11)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184), GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGPT-5.5
GPQA Diamond60.5%94%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%9.3%
LMArena Expert13571508
SimpleQA Verified—63%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7-Flash: —, GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGPT-5.5
LMArena Vision—1297
Blueprint-Bench 2—36.2%
Furniture Assembly—44.2%
LMArena Document—1486

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158), GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGPT-5.5
LMArena Non-English13301467
LMArena Chinese14031533
LMArena French13321486
LMArena German13371480
LMArena Korean12831460
LMArena Russian13321473
LMArena Spanish13501468
LMArena Japanese—1498

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167), GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGPT-5.5
LMArena Instruction Following13271479

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148), GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGPT-5.5
LMArena Longer Query13451484
CL-bench Life—22.2%

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210), GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGPT-5.5
LMArena Text13511472
LMArena Creative Writing12971455
EQ-Bench Creative Writing11251844
LMArena Multi-Turn13421476
EQ-Bench 4—1315

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than GPT-5.5?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 78× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7-Flash or GPT-5.5?

GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; GPT-5.5 lists at $5 and $30.

Is GLM-4.7-Flash or GPT-5.5 better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 40.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7-Flash and GPT-5.5 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.5 has 71.

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