Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.4 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 8.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.7

Rank #117 Confirmed

GPT-5.6 Sol OpenAI

64.4

Rank #6 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.6 Sol in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.6 Sol leads 74.7 to 23.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 6% for GLM-4.7 and 83% for GPT-5.6 Sol.
  • GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $4 / $20 for GPT-5.6 Sol.
  • GPT-5.6 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and GPT-5.6 Sol specifications
GLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Sol
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index41.764.4
Released2025-12-222026-07-09
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K1.05M
Max output131K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$4
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$20
Results tracked3664

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GLM-4.7: 43.6 (#74), GPT-5.6 Sol: 61.1 (#7)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Sol
LMArena WebDev14351619
SciCode45.1%57.1%
LMArena Coding14541493
ALE-Bench399.482,177
DeepSWE—72.7%
FrontierCode—47.5%
CursorBench—41.7%
FrontierSWE—32.2%
WeirdML—89.4%
MirrorCode—20%

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GLM-4.7: 26.4 (#96), GPT-5.6 Sol: 50.2 (#7)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Sol
Vending-Bench 22,3779,619
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
APEX-Agents—51.4%
OSWorld 2.0—27.3%
τ²-bench Banking—46.9%
PostTrainBench—36.2%
BALROG—60%
GBAEval—52.6%
GDP.pdf—30.7%
LMArena Search—1257

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GLM-4.7: 23.7 (#161), GPT-5.6 Sol: 74.7 (#6)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Sol
SimpleBench47.7%71.7%
CritPt1.7%32.3%
Chess Puzzles6%64%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431481
Epoch Capabilities Index143.53161.99
ARC-AGI-2—92.5%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—67%
NYT Connections (extended)—93.8%
ARC-AGI-1—97.5%
EnigmaEval—37.1%
EBR-Bench—44.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles—58%
DTBench—96%
LMCA—59.2%
Surface Evolver Bench—93.1%
Bench to the Future 3—0.14

Math GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GLM-4.7: 37.7 (#92), GPT-5.6 Sol: 85.5 (#7)

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#74), GPT-5.6 Sol: 64.3 (#16)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Sol
GPQA Diamond83.3%93.5%
SimpleQA Verified32.2%69.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%12.4%
LMArena Expert14241517

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7: —, GPT-5.6 Sol: 48.9 (#8)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Sol
LMArena Vision—1281
Blueprint-Bench 2—33.6%
Furniture Assembly—56.7%
LMArena Document—1483

Multilingual GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GLM-4.7: 53.0 (#75), GPT-5.6 Sol: 55.4 (#32)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Sol
LMArena Non-English14171450
LMArena Chinese14951523
LMArena French14321475
LMArena German14261476
LMArena Japanese14391475
LMArena Korean14011434
LMArena Russian14231466
LMArena Spanish14331449

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GLM-4.7: 74.6 (#90), GPT-5.6 Sol: 77.8 (#16)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Sol
LMArena Instruction Following14111480

Long Context GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#111), GPT-5.6 Sol: 45.3 (#42)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Sol
LMArena Longer Query14321479
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GLM-4.7: 61.1 (#89), GPT-5.6 Sol: 73.5 (#12)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Sol
LMArena Text14361456
LMArena Creative Writing14011450
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14131972
LMArena Multi-Turn14461456
EQ-Bench 4—1250

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than GPT-5.6 Sol?

GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.4 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 8.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or GPT-5.6 Sol?

GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.6 Sol lists at $4 and $20.

Is GLM-4.7 or GPT-5.6 Sol better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.1 versus 43.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.6 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and GPT-5.6 Sol share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.6 Sol has 64.

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