Model comparison

GLM-4.7-Flash vs Grok 4.6

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.8

Rank #180 Confirmed

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.6 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 20.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 58.3% for GLM-4.7-Flash and 99.2% for Grok 4.6.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.6.
  • Grok 4.6 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 200K.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7-Flash and Grok 4.6 specifications
GLM-4.7-FlashGrok 4.6
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)xAI
Noometry Index38.856.9
Released2026-01-192026-08-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window200K500K
Max output131K500K
Input $ / M tokens$0.06$2
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$6
Results tracked2149

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135), Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGrok 4.6
LMArena Coding13831465
DeepSWE—67.5%
FrontierCode—48%
CursorBench—41.4%
LMArena WebDev—1617
FrontierSWE—25.3%
SciCode—56.5%
WeirdML—67.3%
ALE-Bench—1,508

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7-Flash: —, Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGrok 4.6
APEX-Agents—65.3%
GDP.pdf—17.2%
Vending-Bench 2—9,047

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229), Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGrok 4.6
Chess Puzzles0%40%
LMArena Hard Prompts13561447
ARC-AGI-2—67.1%
SimpleBench—75.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—80%
ARC-AGI-1—87.5%
CritPt—19.7%
EBR-Bench—30.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—34%
DTBench—97.3%
LMCA—48.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.44

Math Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173), Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGrok 4.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202558.3%99.2%
LMArena Math13551423
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—66%
FrontierMath Tier 4—31.7%
ProofBench—51%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184), Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGrok 4.6
GPQA Diamond60.5%94%
LMArena Expert13571467
SimpleQA Verified—49.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7-Flash: —, Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGrok 4.6
LMArena Vision—1263
Blueprint-Bench 2—33.2%
Furniture Assembly—40%
LMArena Document—1452

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158), Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGrok 4.6
LMArena Non-English13301420
LMArena Chinese14031480
LMArena French13321461
LMArena German13371431
LMArena Korean12831397
LMArena Russian13321422
LMArena Spanish13501404
LMArena Japanese—1376

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167), Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGrok 4.6
LMArena Instruction Following13271431

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148), Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGrok 4.6
LMArena Longer Query13451454

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210), Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGrok 4.6
LMArena Text13511428
LMArena Creative Writing12971428
LMArena Multi-Turn13421425
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1125—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 lists at $2 and $6.

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

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 40.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.6 does, with 500K tokens against 200K.

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

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.6 has 49.

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