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.

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.4

Rank #175 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.0

Rank #161 Confirmed

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 and Nova 2 Lite specifications
GLM-4.7-FlashNova 2 Lite
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Amazon
Noometry Index38.439.0
Released2026-01-192025-12-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window200K1M
Max output131K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.06$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$2.50
Results tracked2119

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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)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding13831386

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7-Flash: —, Nova 2 Lite: 23.9 (#114)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashNova 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)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts13561364
Chess Puzzles0%—

Math Too close to call

GLM-4.7-Flash: 34.4 (#159), Nova 2 Lite: 34.8 (#154)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Math13541359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202558.3%—

Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.4 (#177), Nova 2 Lite: 42.5 (#88)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashNova 2 Lite
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%5.1%
LMArena Expert13571360
GPQA Diamond60.5%—

Multilingual Too close to call

GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.8 (#152), Nova 2 Lite: 47.3 (#148)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English13311337
LMArena Chinese14031364
LMArena French13321381
LMArena German13361343
LMArena Korean12841284
LMArena Russian13331343
LMArena Spanish13511372
LMArena Japanese—1273

Instruction Following Too close to call

GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.3 (#162), Nova 2 Lite: 70.7 (#156)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following13271335

Long Context Too close to call

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#143), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#145)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query13451335

Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.7 (#206), Nova 2 Lite: 54.1 (#150)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Text13511362
LMArena Creative Writing12971291
LMArena Multi-Turn13421338
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1125—

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.

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