Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Qwen1.5-7B

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.7

Rank #117 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.7 leads 61.1 to 29.8.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
GLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.730.8
Released2025-12-222024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked3613

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 43.6 (#74), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding14541107
LMArena WebDev1435—
SciCode45.1%—
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 26.4 (#96), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 23.7 (#161), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts14431066
SimpleBench47.7%—
CritPt1.7%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.53—

Math GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 37.7 (#92), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math14231080
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), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert14241055
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—
MMLU—62.6%

Multilingual GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 53.0 (#75), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English14171058
LMArena Chinese14951140
LMArena Russian14231006
LMArena French1432—
LMArena German1426—
LMArena Japanese1439—
LMArena Korean1401—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 74.6 (#90), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14111058

Long Context GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#111), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query14321090
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 61.1 (#89), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text14361084
LMArena Creative Writing14011035
LMArena Multi-Turn14461061
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Qwen1.5-7B?

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.7 or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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