Model comparison
GLM-4.7-Flash vs Nova 2 Lite
GLM-4.7-Flash and Nova 2 Lite score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.4 vs 39.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 1 category and Nova 2 Lite in 7 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 42.5 to 35.4.
- GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
- Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
- GLM-4.7-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-4.7-Flash | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 38.4 | 39.0 |
| Released | 2026-01-19 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 200K | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.0 (#133), Nova 2 Lite: 40.1 (#131)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1383 | 1386 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-4.7-Flash: —, Nova 2 Lite: 23.9 (#114)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.2 (#224), Nova 2 Lite: 26.4 (#120)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1356 | 1364 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
Math Too close to call
GLM-4.7-Flash: 34.4 (#159), Nova 2 Lite: 34.8 (#154)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1354 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 58.3% | — |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.4 (#177), Nova 2 Lite: 42.5 (#88)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | 5.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1357 | 1360 |
| GPQA Diamond | 60.5% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.8 (#152), Nova 2 Lite: 47.3 (#148)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1331 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1403 | 1364 |
| LMArena French | 1332 | 1381 |
| LMArena German | 1336 | 1343 |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | 1333 | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1351 | 1372 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1273 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.3 (#162), Nova 2 Lite: 70.7 (#156)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1327 | 1335 |
Long Context Too close to call
GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#143), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#145)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1345 | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.7 (#206), Nova 2 Lite: 54.1 (#150)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1351 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1297 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1342 | 1338 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1125 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than Nova 2 Lite?
GLM-4.7-Flash and Nova 2 Lite score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.4 vs 39.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7-Flash or Nova 2 Lite?
GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.
Is GLM-4.7-Flash or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (40.0 vs 40.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7-Flash and Nova 2 Lite share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.