Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs GLM-4.7-Flash

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 3.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google

40.8

Rank #144 Confirmed

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.8

Rank #180 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 7 categories and GLM-4.7-Flash in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 60.9 to 47.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 25% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and 0% for GLM-4.7-Flash.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $1.50 for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite.
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7-Flash
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index40.838.8
Released2026-03-032026-01-19
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.25$0.06
Output $ / M tokens$1.50$0.40
Results tracked3821

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7-Flash leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Coding14001383
LMArena WebDev1256—
SciCode41.9%—
WeirdML52.2%—
ALE-Bench797.73—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7-Flash
DeepResearch Bench37.3%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7-Flash
Chess Puzzles25%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14071356
Kagi LLM Benchmark67.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)8.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
EnigmaEval3%—
Thematic Generalization63.3%—
DTBench76.8%—
LMCA35%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.47—
ForecastBench54.4—

Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7-Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%58.3%
LMArena Math14281355
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)27.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7-Flash
GPQA Diamond81.8%60.5%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.2%9.3%
LMArena Expert13981357
Humanity's Last Exam8.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Vision1240—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Non-English14111330
LMArena Chinese14611403
LMArena French14241332
LMArena German14291337
LMArena Korean13921283
LMArena Russian14201332
LMArena Spanish14211350
LMArena Japanese1413—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following13771327

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Longer Query13941345

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Text14161351
LMArena Creative Writing14011297
LMArena Multi-Turn14171342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1125

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than GLM-4.7-Flash?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 3.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite lists at $0.25 and $1.50.

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

GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 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 200K.

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7-Flash has 21.

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