Model comparison

GLM-4.7-Flash vs GLM-5.2

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.8

Rank #180 Confirmed

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.2 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5.2 leads 70.4 to 47.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 60.5% for GLM-4.7-Flash and 91.9% for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

GLM-4.7-Flash and GLM-5.2 specifications
GLM-4.7-FlashGLM-5.2
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Z.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index38.851.1
Released2026-01-192026-06-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window200K1M
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.06$1.40
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$4.40
Results tracked2151

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135), GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGLM-5.2
LMArena Coding13831485
SWE-bench Verified—78.7%
DeepSWE—43.8%
FrontierCode—24.5%
LMArena WebDev—1603
SciCode—50.5%
WeirdML—70.1%
ALE-Bench—1,047

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7-Flash: —, GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGLM-5.2
APEX-Agents—45.2%
τ²-bench Banking—37.1%
PostTrainBench—31.7%
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 2—8,314

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229), GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGLM-5.2
Chess Puzzles0%21%
LMArena Hard Prompts13561480
ARC-AGI-2—22.8%
SimpleBench—58.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.6%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.3%
ARC-AGI-1—77%
CritPt—20.9%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—93.6%
LMCA—45.8%
Surface Evolver Bench—55.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—151.78

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173), GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGLM-5.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202558.3%86.4%
LMArena Math13551482
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—59.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.6%
ProofBench—35%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184), GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGLM-5.2
GPQA Diamond60.5%91.9%
LMArena Expert13571486
SimpleQA Verified—34.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158), GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGLM-5.2
LMArena Non-English13301459
LMArena Chinese14031519
LMArena French13321479
LMArena German13371468
LMArena Korean12831445
LMArena Russian13321466
LMArena Spanish13501477
LMArena Japanese—1451

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167), GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGLM-5.2
LMArena Instruction Following13271465

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148), GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGLM-5.2
LMArena Longer Query13451479

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210), GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashGLM-5.2
LMArena Text13511470
LMArena Creative Writing12971462
EQ-Bench Creative Writing11251757
LMArena Multi-Turn13421469
EQ-Bench 4—1222

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than GLM-5.2?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7-Flash or GLM-5.2?

GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is GLM-4.7-Flash or GLM-5.2 better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 40.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7-Flash and GLM-5.2 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 51.

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