Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM-4.7-Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.8

Rank #180 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-4.7-Flash in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 20.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 43% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 0% for GLM-4.7-Flash.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index54.138.8
Released2026-07-212026-01-19
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.06
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.40
Results tracked4621

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Coding14911383
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
Chess Puzzles43%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851356
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%58.3%
LMArena Math15051355
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
GPQA Diamond94.1%60.5%
LMArena Expert14881357
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
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-Flash: 46.5 (#158)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Non-English14691330
LMArena Chinese15311403
LMArena French15041332
LMArena German14781337
LMArena Korean14311283
LMArena Russian14871332
LMArena Spanish14751350
LMArena Japanese1476—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following14661327

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Longer Query14741345

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.7-Flash
LMArena Text14791351
LMArena Creative Writing14651297
EQ-Bench Creative Writing16041125
LMArena Multi-Turn14811342

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than GLM-4.7-Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 10× 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-Flash?

GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

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

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 40.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7-Flash has 21.

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