Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GLM-4.7-Flash

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 5.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

Google

41.8

Rank #113 Confirmed

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.4

Rank #175 Confirmed

Summary

They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 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 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.4 to 47.7.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 83.3% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 60.5% for GLM-4.7-Flash.
GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
Gemini 3.5 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 3.5 Flash Lite and GLM-4.7-Flash specifications
	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	GLM-4.7-Flash
Provider	Google	Z.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index	41.8	38.4
Released	2026-07-21	2026-01-19
Weights	Proprietary	Open
Context window	1.05M	200K
Max output	66K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$0.06
Output $ / M tokens	$2.50	$0.40
Results tracked	38	21

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.0 (#133)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	GLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Coding	1455	1383
LMArena WebDev	1440	—
SciCode	41.3%	—
WeirdML	39%	—
ALE-Bench	765.27	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82), GLM-4.7-Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	GLM-4.7-Flash
GDP.pdf	10%	—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95), GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.2 (#224)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	GLM-4.7-Flash
Chess Puzzles	22%	0%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1441	1356
ARC-AGI-2	10.3%	—
NYT Connections (extended)	60.4%	—
ARC-AGI-1	53.5%	—
CritPt	0%	—
Mystery Game Puzzles	19%	—
DTBench	83.5%	—
LMCA	37.6%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	145.12	—

Math GLM-4.7-Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245), GLM-4.7-Flash: 34.4 (#159)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	GLM-4.7-Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	71.1%	58.3%
LMArena Math	1431	1354
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	26%	—
FrontierMath Tier 4	0%	—
ProofBench	13%	—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.0 (#66), GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.4 (#177)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	GLM-4.7-Flash
GPQA Diamond	83.3%	60.5%
LMArena Expert	1430	1357
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	9.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38), GLM-4.7-Flash: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	GLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Vision	1266	—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59), GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.8 (#152)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	GLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Non-English	1428	1331
LMArena Chinese	1467	1403
LMArena French	1452	1332
LMArena German	1454	1336
LMArena Korean	1406	1284
LMArena Russian	1443	1333
LMArena Spanish	1440	1351
LMArena Japanese	1428	—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77), GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.3 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	GLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following	1420	1327

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#143)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	GLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Longer Query	1435	1345

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55), GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.7 (#206)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	GLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Text	1436	1351
LMArena Creative Writing	1419	1297
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1559	1125
LMArena Multi-Turn	1445	1342

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than GLM-4.7-Flash?

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 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 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or GLM-4.7-Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 40.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and GLM-4.7-Flash share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7-Flash has 21.