Model comparison
GLM-4.7 vs GPT-5.5
GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 35 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 35 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.5 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 leads 72.8 to 24.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench: 33.4% for GLM-4.7 and 84.7% for GPT-5.5.
- GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $30 for GPT-5.5.
- GPT-5.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
- GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-4.7 | GPT-5.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 42.0 | 63.4 |
| Released | 2025-12-22 | 2026-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 131K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $5 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $30 |
| Results tracked | 36 | 71 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.5 leads
GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1435 | 1513 |
| SciCode | 45.1% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1494 |
| ALE-Bench | 399.48 | 1,943 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 80.6% |
| DeepSWE | — | 67% |
| FrontierCode | — | 43% |
| GSO | — | 40.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 84.9% |
| MirrorCode | — | 10% |
Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.5 leads
GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 33.4% | 84.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 2,377 | 7,524 |
| APEX-Agents | — | 55.1% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 13% |
| Remote Labor Index | — | 6.3% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 44.6% |
| DeepResearch Bench | — | 54% |
| PostTrainBench | — | 27.2% |
| ExploitBench | — | 47.4% |
| GBAEval | — | 53.2% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 26% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1242 |
Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads
GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#11)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 47.7% | 69% |
| CritPt | 1.7% | 27.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | 54% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1489 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 143.51 | 159.1 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 85% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 88.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 96.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 95% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 34.3% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 56% |
| DTBench | — | 96% |
| LMCA | — | 54.3% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 88.1% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.14 |
| ForecastBench | — | 60.6 |
Math GPT-5.5 leads
GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), GPT-5.5: 81.7 (#11)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.3% | 100% |
| ProofBench | 6% | 50% |
| LMArena Math | 1423 | 1486 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 2.4% | 51.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | 35.4% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 85.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 72.5% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 94.3% |
| FrontierMath Erdős | — | 0% |
Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads
GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% | 94% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 32.2% | 63% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 11.7% | 9.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1424 | 1508 |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-4.7: —, GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1297 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 36.2% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 44.2% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1486 |
Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads
GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1417 | 1467 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1533 |
| LMArena French | 1432 | 1486 |
| LMArena German | 1424 | 1480 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1439 | 1498 |
| LMArena Korean | 1399 | 1460 |
| LMArena Russian | 1423 | 1473 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1434 | 1468 |
Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads
GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1411 | 1479 |
Long Context GPT-5.5 leads
GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench Life | 10.9% | 22.2% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1432 | 1484 |
| CL-bench | 15.9% | — |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads
GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1435 | 1472 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1455 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1413 | 1844 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1446 | 1476 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1315 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.7 better than GPT-5.5?
GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or GPT-5.5?
GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.5 lists at $5 and $30.
Is GLM-4.7 or GPT-5.5 better for coding?
GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and GPT-5.5 share?
35 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.5 has 71.