Model comparison

GLM-4.7-Flash vs Qwen Plus

GLM-4.7-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.8

Rank #180 Confirmed

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen Plus in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-4.7-Flash leads 36.1 to 23.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 58.3% for GLM-4.7-Flash and 17.8% for Qwen Plus.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
  • Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7-Flash and Qwen Plus specifications
GLM-4.7-FlashQwen Plus
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.837.1
Released2026-01-192024-01-25
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window200K1M
Max output131K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.06$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$1.20
Results tracked2120

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashQwen Plus
LMArena Coding13831328

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashQwen Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts13561317
Kagi LLM Benchmark—63.3%
Chess Puzzles0%—
DTBench—81.1%
LMCA—24%

Math GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashQwen Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202558.3%17.8%
LMArena Math13551326
MATH Level 5—65.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashQwen Plus
GPQA Diamond60.5%48.1%
LMArena Expert13571328
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multilingual GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashQwen Plus
LMArena Non-English13301310
LMArena Chinese14031347
LMArena Russian13321323
LMArena French1332—
LMArena German1337—
LMArena Japanese—1251
LMArena Korean1283—
LMArena Spanish1350—

Instruction Following GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashQwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following13271303

Long Context Too close to call

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashQwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query13451324

Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashQwen Plus
LMArena Text13511326
LMArena Creative Writing12971293
LMArena Multi-Turn13421336
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1125—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than Qwen Plus?

GLM-4.7-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7-Flash or Qwen Plus?

GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.

Is GLM-4.7-Flash or Qwen Plus better for coding?

GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7-Flash and Qwen Plus share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.

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