Noometry

Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.6 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.7

Rank #117 Confirmed

Grok 4.7 xAI

46.6

Rank #56 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 3 categories and Grok 4.7 in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.7 leads 40.1 to 23.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 6% for GLM-4.7 and 34% for Grok 4.7.
  • GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7Grok 4.7
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)xAI
Noometry Index41.746.6
Released2025-12-222026-09-21
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K500K
Max output131K500K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$2
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$6
Results tracked3621

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 43.6 (#74), Grok 4.7: 55.0 (#23)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev14351636
SciCode45.1%57.4%
LMArena Coding14541423
CursorBench—46.3%
FrontierSWE—29.5%
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 26.4 (#96), Grok 4.7: —

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.7
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 23.7 (#161), Grok 4.7: 40.1 (#49)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.7
CritPt1.7%17.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431409
SimpleBench47.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)—76.8%
Chess Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.53—

Math Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 37.7 (#92), Grok 4.7: 41.1 (#73)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.7
ProofBench6%34%
LMArena Math14231393
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#74), Grok 4.7: 38.7 (#130)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.7
LMArena Expert14241413
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7: —, Grok 4.7: 28.8 (#107)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.7
Furniture Assembly—20.8%

Multilingual GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 53.0 (#75), Grok 4.7: 51.2 (#108)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.7
LMArena Non-English14171392
LMArena Chinese14951476
LMArena Russian14231396
LMArena French1432—
LMArena German1426—
LMArena Japanese1439—
LMArena Korean1401—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 74.6 (#90), Grok 4.7: 74.3 (#98)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.7
LMArena Instruction Following14111406

Long Context Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#111), Grok 4.7: 43.2 (#97)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.7
LMArena Longer Query14321416
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 61.1 (#89), Grok 4.7: 70.1 (#23)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.7
LMArena Text14361397
LMArena Creative Writing14011391
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14132007
LMArena Multi-Turn14461389

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.6 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or Grok 4.7?

GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is GLM-4.7 or Grok 4.7 better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.0 versus 43.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.7 does, with 500K tokens against 205K.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.7 has 21.

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