Model comparison
GLM-4.7-Flash vs Granite 4.2 3b
GLM-4.7-Flash and Granite 4.2 3b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.8 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 4.2 3b in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 26.0 to 20.9.
Side by side
| GLM-4.7-Flash | Granite 4.2 3b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 38.8 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2026-01-19 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 200K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135), Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1383 | 1361 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229), Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1356 | 1306 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
Math Not comparable
GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173), Granite 4.2 3b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 58.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1355 | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184), Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1357 | 1315 |
| GPQA Diamond | 60.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual GLM-4.7-Flash leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158), Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1330 | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1403 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1332 | 1249 |
| LMArena French | 1332 | — |
| LMArena German | 1337 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1350 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-4.7-Flash leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167), Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1327 | 1273 |
Long Context GLM-4.7-Flash leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148), Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1345 | 1291 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210), Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1351 | 1293 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1297 | 1205 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1342 | 1290 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1125 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than Granite 4.2 3b?
GLM-4.7-Flash and Granite 4.2 3b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.8 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is GLM-4.7-Flash or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (40.6 vs 40.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7-Flash and Granite 4.2 3b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.