Model comparison

GLM-4.7-Flash vs o4-mini

o4-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.6 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when o4-mini's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.4

Rank #175 Confirmed

o4-mini OpenAI

41.6

Rank #119 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 0 categories and o4-mini in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where o4-mini leads 43.5 to 35.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 0% for GLM-4.7-Flash and 26% for o4-mini.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.10 / $4.40 for o4-mini.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7-Flash and o4-mini specifications
GLM-4.7-Flasho4-mini
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index38.441.6
Released2026-01-192025-04-16
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window200K200K
Max output131K100K
Input $ / M tokens$0.06$1.10
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$4.40
Results tracked2160

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding o4-mini leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.0 (#133), o4-mini: 41.6 (#110)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-Flasho4-mini
LMArena Coding13831369
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—45%
Aider Polyglot—72%
GSO—3.6%
WeirdML—52.6%
CadEval—62%
ALE-Bench—826.17
AlgoTune—1.72

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7-Flash: —, o4-mini: 32.3 (#57)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-Flasho4-mini
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—53.2%
GDPval—25.3%
METR Time Horizons—63.9%

Reasoning o4-mini leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.2 (#224), o4-mini: 24.6 (#143)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-Flasho4-mini
Chess Puzzles0%26%
LMArena Hard Prompts13561351
ARC-AGI-2—6.1%
SimpleBench—38.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—67.6%
ARC-AGI-1—58.7%
CritPt—0.6%
EnigmaEval—9.2%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—77.6%
LMCA—26.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—145.63
ForecastBench—61.8

Math o4-mini leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 34.4 (#159), o4-mini: 40.2 (#79)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-Flasho4-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202558.3%81.7%
LMArena Math13541390
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—36.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4—4.9%
Omni-MATH—72%
MATH Level 5—97.8%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—24.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—6.3%

Knowledge o4-mini leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.4 (#177), o4-mini: 43.5 (#83)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-Flasho4-mini
GPQA Diamond60.5%79.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%18.6%
LMArena Expert13571344
Humanity's Last Exam—18.1%
SimpleQA Verified—19.6%
MMLU-Pro—82%
Confabulations—15.8%
GPQA (HELM)—73.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7-Flash: —, o4-mini: 39.5 (#46)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-Flasho4-mini
LMArena Vision—1194
GeoBench—64%
VPCT—57.5%

Multilingual Too close to call

GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.8 (#152), o4-mini: 47.2 (#149)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-Flasho4-mini
LMArena Non-English13311336
LMArena Chinese14031355
LMArena French13321362
LMArena German13361336
LMArena Korean12841313
LMArena Russian13331334
LMArena Spanish13511346
LMArena Japanese—1308

Instruction Following o4-mini leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.3 (#162), o4-mini: 75.4 (#63)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-Flasho4-mini
LMArena Instruction Following13271321
IFEval—92.8%

Long Context o4-mini leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#143), o4-mini: 45.5 (#31)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-Flasho4-mini
LMArena Longer Query13451315
Fiction.LiveBench—77.8%

Writing & Preference o4-mini leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.7 (#206), o4-mini: 54.2 (#148)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-Flasho4-mini
LMArena Text13511353
LMArena Creative Writing12971294
LMArena Multi-Turn13421350
Short-Story Creative Writing—75%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1125—
WildBench—85.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than o4-mini?

o4-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.6 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when o4-mini's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7-Flash or o4-mini?

GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; o4-mini lists at $1.10 and $4.40.

Is GLM-4.7-Flash or o4-mini better for coding?

o4-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.6 versus 40.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 200K tokens.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7-Flash and o4-mini share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and o4-mini has 60.

Related comparisons

Go deeper