Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs GLM-5.1

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 32 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 1 category and GLM-5.1 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.1 leads 39.1 to 24.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 6% for GLM-4.7 and 22.2% for GLM-5.1.
  • GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.1.
  • GLM-4.7 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and GLM-5.1 specifications
GLM-4.7GLM-5.1
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Z.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index42.047.8
Released2025-12-222026-04-07
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K200K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$1.40
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$4.40
Results tracked3641

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GLM-5.1
LMArena WebDev14351508
SciCode45.1%43.8%
LMArena Coding14541485
ALE-Bench399.48887.1
SWE-bench Verified—74.2%
WeirdML—57.1%

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GLM-5.1
Vending-Bench 22,3775,634
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
APEX-Agents—40.9%
ExploitBench—18.1%
GBAEval—0%

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GLM-5.1
SimpleBench47.7%55.1%
CritPt1.7%4.6%
Chess Puzzles6%19%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431472
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51149.84
NYT Connections (extended)—77.7%
Thematic Generalization—69.8%

Math GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60)

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GLM-5.1
GPQA Diamond83.3%89.9%
SimpleQA Verified32.2%34%
LMArena Expert14241476
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multilingual GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GLM-5.1
LMArena Non-English14171447
LMArena Chinese14951515
LMArena French14321474
LMArena German14241465
LMArena Japanese14391434
LMArena Korean13991418
LMArena Russian14231454
LMArena Spanish14341469

Instruction Following GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GLM-5.1
LMArena Instruction Following14111451

Long Context GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GLM-5.1
LMArena Longer Query14321466
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GLM-5.1
LMArena Text14351461
LMArena Creative Writing14011453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14131592
LMArena Multi-Turn14461472

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than GLM-5.1?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or GLM-5.1?

GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; GLM-5.1 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is GLM-4.7 or GLM-5.1 better for coding?

GLM-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-4.7 does, with 205K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and GLM-5.1 share?

32 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.1 has 41.

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