Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs GLM-4.7

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.7 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-4.7 leads 47.0 to 16.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 83.3% for GLM-4.7.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GLM-4.7 specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.7
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index29.942.0
Released2024-10-032025-12-22
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked2136

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.7
LMArena Coding12181454
LMArena WebDev—1435
SciCode—45.1%
ALE-Bench—399.48

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.7
Terminal-Bench—33.4%
Vending-Bench 2—2,377

Reasoning GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.7
LMArena Hard Prompts12091443
SimpleBench—47.7%
CritPt—1.7%
Chess Puzzles—6%
DTBench50%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—143.51

Math GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%83.3%
LMArena Math12071423
ProofBench—6%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—2.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.7
GPQA Diamond33%83.3%
LMArena Expert11851424
SimpleQA Verified—32.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), GLM-4.7: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.7
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.7
LMArena Non-English12151417
LMArena Chinese12311495
LMArena French12341432
LMArena German12061424
LMArena Japanese11501439
LMArena Korean11401399
LMArena Russian12361423
LMArena Spanish12121434

Instruction Following GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.7
LMArena Instruction Following11991411

Long Context GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.7
LMArena Longer Query12191432
CL-bench—15.9%
CL-bench Life—10.9%

Writing & Preference GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.7
LMArena Text12261435
LMArena Creative Writing12181401
LMArena Multi-Turn11851446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1413

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than GLM-4.7?

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or GLM-4.7 better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GLM-4.7 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7 has 36.

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