Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs GPT-5.1

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 3.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 34 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

49.0

Rank #53 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 34 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.1 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.1 leads 39.8 to 24.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 6% for GLM-4.7 and 32% for GPT-5.1.
  • GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for GPT-5.1.
  • GPT-5.1 accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and GPT-5.1 specifications
GLM-4.7GPT-5.1
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index42.049.0
Released2025-12-222025-11-13
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K400K
Max output131K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$1.25
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$10
Results tracked3663

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), GPT-5.1: 46.4 (#66)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.1
LMArena WebDev14351395
SciCode45.1%43.3%
LMArena Coding14541454
ALE-Bench399.481,192
SWE-bench Verified—68%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—66%
GSO—13.7%
WeirdML—60.8%
LiveBench Coding—72.5%

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), GPT-5.1: 32.7 (#60)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.1
Terminal-Bench33.4%47.6%
Vending-Bench 22,3771,473
DeepResearch Bench—42.8%
LMArena Search—1199

Reasoning GPT-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), GPT-5.1: 39.8 (#58)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.1
SimpleBench47.7%53.2%
CritPt1.7%4.9%
Chess Puzzles6%32%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431457
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51149.64
ARC-AGI-2—17.6%
ARC-AGI-1—72.8%
EnigmaEval—11.2%
LiveBench Reasoning—95.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—90.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis—72.1%
LMCA—43.9%
ForecastBench—58.1
LiveBench—78.8%

Math GPT-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), GPT-5.1: 52.2 (#51)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.3%88.6%
LMArena Math14231447
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.4%31%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%12.5%
ProofBench6%—
Omni-MATH—46.4%
LiveBench Math—94.5%

Knowledge GPT-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), GPT-5.1: 50.6 (#71)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.1
GPQA Diamond83.3%87.6%
SimpleQA Verified32.2%48%
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%10.9%
LMArena Expert14241470
Humanity's Last Exam—23.7%
MMLU-Pro—57.9%
GPQA (HELM)—44.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7: —, GPT-5.1: 44.8 (#19)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.1
LMArena Vision—1250
VPCT—58.7%
LMArena Document—1403

Multilingual GPT-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), GPT-5.1: 53.8 (#56)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.1
LMArena Non-English14171431
LMArena Chinese14951495
LMArena French14321450
LMArena German14241438
LMArena Japanese14391453
LMArena Korean13991401
LMArena Russian14231435
LMArena Spanish14341433

Instruction Following GPT-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), GPT-5.1: 83.9 (#1)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.1
LMArena Instruction Following14111443
LiveBench Instruction Following—93.3%
IFEval—93.5%

Long Context GPT-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.1
CL-bench15.9%23.7%
CL-bench Life10.9%17.3%
LMArena Longer Query14321447

Writing & Preference GPT-5.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), GPT-5.1: 64.5 (#55)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.1
LMArena Text14351443
LMArena Creative Writing14011427
LMArena Multi-Turn14461450
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413—
WildBench—86.3%
LiveBench Language—80.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than GPT-5.1?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 3.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.1 lists at $1.25 and $10.

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

GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.1 does, with 400K tokens against 205K.

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

34 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.1 has 63.

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