Model comparison

GLM-4.7-Flash vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

GLM-4.7-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.8

Rank #180 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where GLM-4.7-Flash leads 46.5 to 30.6.

Side by side

GLM-4.7-Flash and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
GLM-4.7-FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Microsoft
Noometry Index38.833.0
Released2026-01-19—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window200K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.06—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked2117

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding13831130

Reasoning Too close to call

GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13561127
Chess Puzzles0%—

Math GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math13551173
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202558.3%—

Knowledge GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert13571108
GPQA Diamond60.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multilingual GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13301094
LMArena Chinese14031108
LMArena French13321110
LMArena German13371101
LMArena Korean1283954
LMArena Russian13321145
LMArena Spanish13501095
LMArena Japanese—1042

Instruction Following GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13271113

Long Context GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13451120

Writing & Preference GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text13511138
LMArena Creative Writing12971107
LMArena Multi-Turn13421088
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1125—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

GLM-4.7-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.7-Flash or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7-Flash and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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