Model comparison

GLM-4.5-Air vs Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5-Air costs 7.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5-Air Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.9

Rank #177 Confirmed

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5-Air scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.7 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.7 leads 62.8 to 35.0.
  • GLM-4.5-Air is cheaper at $0.20 / $1.10 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 131K.
  • GLM-4.5-Air has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.5-Air and Grok 4.7 specifications
GLM-4.5-AirGrok 4.7
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)xAI
Noometry Index38.953.1
Released2025-07-202026-09-21
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K500K
Max output98K500K
Input $ / M tokens$0.20$2
Output $ / M tokens$1.10$6
Results tracked2739

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 33.3 (#259), Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGrok 4.7
LMArena Coding13971427
FrontierCode—47.6%
CursorBench—46.3%
LMArena WebDev—1639
FrontierSWE—29.5%
SciCode—57.8%
GSO2.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.5-Air: —, Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGrok 4.7
APEX-Agents—54.6%
GDP.pdf—22.8%
Vending-Bench 2—10,537

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 24.1 (#166), Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGrok 4.7
LMArena Hard Prompts13791413
Kagi LLM Benchmark43%—
NYT Connections (extended)—76.8%
CritPt—18%
Chess Puzzles—38%
Mystery Game Puzzles—29%
DTBench—96%
LMCA—49.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—153.53
ForecastBench59.2—

Math Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 36.2 (#170), Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGrok 4.7
LMArena Math13961407
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—53%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—98.1%
ProofBench—34%
Omni-MATH39.1%—

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 35.0 (#191), Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGrok 4.7
LMArena Expert13701422
GPQA Diamond—92.7%
Humanity's Last Exam8.1%—
SimpleQA Verified—56%
MMLU-Pro76.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
GPQA (HELM)59.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.5-Air: —, Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGrok 4.7
LMArena Vision—1228
Blueprint-Bench 2—32.5%
Furniture Assembly—20.8%

Multilingual Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 49.1 (#135), Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGrok 4.7
LMArena Non-English13661389
LMArena Chinese14261455
LMArena French13991455
LMArena Russian13731397
LMArena Spanish13861400
LMArena German1377—
LMArena Japanese1348—
LMArena Korean1308—

Instruction Following Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 69.6 (#171), Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGrok 4.7
LMArena Instruction Following13541404
IFEval81.2%—

Long Context Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 41.6 (#135), Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGrok 4.7
LMArena Longer Query13661413

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 55.9 (#139), Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGrok 4.7
LMArena Text13841399
LMArena Creative Writing13431391
LMArena Multi-Turn13711393
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2007
WildBench78.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5-Air better than Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5-Air costs 7.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5-Air or Grok 4.7?

GLM-4.5-Air is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is GLM-4.5-Air or Grok 4.7 better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.7 does, with 500K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5-Air and Grok 4.7 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5-Air has 27 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.7 has 39.

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