Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs GLM-4.7

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 5 categories and GLM-4.7 in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-4.7 leads 47.0 to 37.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 10.4% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 32.2% for GLM-4.7.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.7.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B IT and GLM-4.7 specifications
Gemma 4 31B ITGLM-4.7
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index43.542.0
Released2026-04-022025-12-22
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K205K
Max output33K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.09$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$0.34$2.20
Results tracked3536

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGLM-4.7
LMArena WebDev13661435
SciCode43.4%45.1%
LMArena Coding14591454
ALE-Bench925.5399.48
WeirdML52.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: —, GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGLM-4.7
Terminal-Bench—33.4%
Vending-Bench 2—2,377

Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGLM-4.7
CritPt1.4%1.7%
Chess Puzzles5%6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14481443
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74143.51
SimpleBench—47.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%—
Thematic Generalization53%—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—

Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGLM-4.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%83.3%
LMArena Math14651423
ProofBench—6%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—2.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge GLM-4.7 leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGLM-4.7
GPQA Diamond75.8%83.3%
SimpleQA Verified10.4%32.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%11.7%
LMArena Expert14651424

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), GLM-4.7: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGLM-4.7
LMArena Vision1277—
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGLM-4.7
LMArena Non-English14311417
LMArena Chinese14761495
LMArena French14351432
LMArena Russian14601423
LMArena Spanish14441434
LMArena German—1424
LMArena Japanese—1439
LMArena Korean—1399

Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGLM-4.7
LMArena Instruction Following14331411

Long Context Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGLM-4.7
LMArena Longer Query14461432
CL-bench—15.9%
CL-bench Life—10.9%

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGLM-4.7
LMArena Text14431435
LMArena Creative Writing14151401
EQ-Bench Creative Writing13681413
LMArena Multi-Turn14521446
EQ-Bench 41120—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than GLM-4.7?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or GLM-4.7?

Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; GLM-4.7 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

Is Gemma 4 31B IT or GLM-4.7 better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 42.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 4 31B IT does, with 262K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and GLM-4.7 share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7 has 36.

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