Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Grok 4.1

GLM-4.7 and Grok 4.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.7 vs 40.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.7

Rank #117 Confirmed

Grok 4.1 xAI

40.8

Rank #135 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 4 categories and Grok 4.1 in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-4.7 leads 43.6 to 33.4.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Grok 4.1 specifications
GLM-4.7Grok 4.1
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)xAI
Noometry Index41.740.8
Released2025-12-222025-11-17
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked3619

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 43.6 (#74), Grok 4.1: 33.4 (#246)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena WebDev14351214
LMArena Coding14541445
SciCode45.1%—
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 26.4 (#96), Grok 4.1: 33.8 (#47)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
Cybench—39%
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 23.7 (#161), Grok 4.1: 28.3 (#91)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Hard Prompts14431436
SimpleBench47.7%—
CritPt1.7%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.53—

Math GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 37.7 (#92), Grok 4.1: 36.2 (#124)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Math14231422
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.3%—
ProofBench6%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#74), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Expert14241417
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multilingual Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 53.0 (#75), Grok 4.1: 53.6 (#64)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Non-English14171425
LMArena Chinese14951464
LMArena French14321448
LMArena German14261447
LMArena Japanese14391396
LMArena Korean14011407
LMArena Russian14231434
LMArena Spanish14331438

Instruction Following Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 74.6 (#90), Grok 4.1: 74.0 (#106)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Instruction Following14111400

Long Context Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#111), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#96)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Longer Query14321416
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 61.1 (#89), Grok 4.1: 62.6 (#71)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Text14361437
LMArena Creative Writing14011411
LMArena Multi-Turn14461438
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Grok 4.1?

GLM-4.7 and Grok 4.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.7 vs 40.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is GLM-4.7 or Grok 4.1 better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Grok 4.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.

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