Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM-4.7

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and GLM-4.7 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 24.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 43% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 6% for GLM-4.7.
  • GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index54.142.0
Released2026-07-212025-12-22
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$2.20
Results tracked4636

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7
LMArena WebDev15381435
SciCode52.7%45.1%
LMArena Coding14911454
ALE-Bench715.52399.48
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
WeirdML56.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7
Terminal-Bench—33.4%
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 2—2,377

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7
CritPt10.6%1.7%
Chess Puzzles43%6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851443
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25143.51
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
SimpleBench—47.7%
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%83.3%
ProofBench36%6%
LMArena Math15051423
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—2.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7
GPQA Diamond94.1%83.3%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%32.2%
LMArena Expert14881424
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), GLM-4.7: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7
LMArena Non-English14691417
LMArena Chinese15311495
LMArena French15041432
LMArena German14781424
LMArena Japanese14761439
LMArena Korean14311399
LMArena Russian14871423
LMArena Spanish14751434

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7
LMArena Instruction Following14661411

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7
LMArena Longer Query14741432
CL-bench—15.9%
CL-bench Life—10.9%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7
LMArena Text14791435
LMArena Creative Writing14651401
EQ-Bench Creative Writing16041413
LMArena Multi-Turn14811446

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than GLM-4.7?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM-4.7?

GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM-4.7 better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM-4.7 share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7 has 36.

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