Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs GLM-4.7

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 40.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google

40.8

Rank #144 Confirmed

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 2 categories and GLM-4.7 in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-4.7 leads 44.0 to 37.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 25% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and 6% for GLM-4.7.
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.7.
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and GLM-4.7 specifications
Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index40.842.0
Released2026-03-032025-12-22
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.25$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$1.50$2.20
Results tracked3836

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7
LMArena WebDev12561435
SciCode41.9%45.1%
LMArena Coding14001454
ALE-Bench797.73399.48
WeirdML52.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7
Terminal-Bench—33.4%
DeepResearch Bench37.3%—
Vending-Bench 2—2,377

Reasoning GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7
CritPt1.1%1.7%
Chess Puzzles25%6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14071443
Epoch Capabilities Index144.47143.51
SimpleBench—47.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark67.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)8.2%—
EnigmaEval3%—
Thematic Generalization63.3%—
DTBench76.8%—
LMCA35%—
ForecastBench54.4—

Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%83.3%
LMArena Math14281423
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)27.7%—
ProofBench—6%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—2.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7
GPQA Diamond81.8%83.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.2%11.7%
LMArena Expert13981424
Humanity's Last Exam8.6%—
SimpleQA Verified—32.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), GLM-4.7: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7
LMArena Vision1240—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7
LMArena Non-English14111417
LMArena Chinese14611495
LMArena French14241432
LMArena German14291424
LMArena Japanese14131439
LMArena Korean13921399
LMArena Russian14201423
LMArena Spanish14211434

Instruction Following GLM-4.7 leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7
LMArena Instruction Following13771411

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7
LMArena Longer Query13941432
CL-bench—15.9%
CL-bench Life—10.9%

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7
LMArena Text14161435
LMArena Creative Writing14011401
LMArena Multi-Turn14171446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1413

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than GLM-4.7?

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 40.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or GLM-4.7?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; GLM-4.7 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or GLM-4.7 better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and GLM-4.7 share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7 has 36.

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