Model comparison
GLM-4.7-Flash vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
GLM-4.7-Flash and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.8 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.3 to 47.4.
- GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 200K.
Side by side
| GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.8 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2026-01-19 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 200K | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.7-Flash leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1383 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-4.7-Flash: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1356 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1355 | 1365 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 58.3% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1357 | 1338 |
| GPQA Diamond | 60.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1330 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1403 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | 1332 | 1398 |
| LMArena German | 1337 | 1325 |
| LMArena Korean | 1283 | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | 1332 | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1350 | 1360 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1310 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1327 | 1355 |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1345 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1351 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1297 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1342 | 1365 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1125 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
GLM-4.7-Flash and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.8 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7-Flash or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is GLM-4.7-Flash or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct does, with 262K tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7-Flash and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.