Model comparison
GLM-4.7-Flash vs Qwen2-72B
GLM-4.7-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2-72B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-4.7-Flash leads 35.5 to 21.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 60.5% for GLM-4.7-Flash and 40.8% for Qwen2-72B.
Side by side
| GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen2-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.8 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2026-01-19 | 2024-06-07 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 200K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.7-Flash leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135), Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1383 | 1196 |
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-4.7-Flash: —, Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |
Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229), Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1356 | 1191 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.28 |
Math GLM-4.7-Flash leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173), Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1355 | 1235 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 58.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.1% |
Knowledge GLM-4.7-Flash leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 60.5% | 40.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1357 | 1171 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| MMLU | — | 82.4% |
Multilingual GLM-4.7-Flash leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158), Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1330 | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1403 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1332 | 1170 |
| LMArena German | 1337 | 1151 |
| LMArena Korean | 1283 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1332 | 1169 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1350 | 1169 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following GLM-4.7-Flash leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167), Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1327 | 1181 |
Long Context GLM-4.7-Flash leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1345 | 1192 |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.7-Flash leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210), Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1351 | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1297 | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1342 | 1196 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1125 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than Qwen2-72B?
GLM-4.7-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is GLM-4.7-Flash or Qwen2-72B better for coding?
GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7-Flash and Qwen2-72B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.