Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs GPT-5.6 Terra

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 4.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.6 Terra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 30 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI

59.2

Rank #17 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.6 Terra in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Terra leads 81.6 to 38.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 6% for GLM-4.7 and 74% for GPT-5.6 Terra.
  • GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for GPT-5.6 Terra.
  • GPT-5.6 Terra 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 and GPT-5.6 Terra specifications
GLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Terra
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index42.059.2
Released2025-12-222026-07-09
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K1.05M
Max output131K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$2
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$12
Results tracked3652

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), GPT-5.6 Terra: 57.7 (#19)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena WebDev14351522
SciCode45.1%55%
LMArena Coding14541484
ALE-Bench399.481,951
DeepSWE—69.6%
FrontierCode—41.3%
CursorBench—41.3%
WeirdML—78.3%

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), GPT-5.6 Terra: 40.1 (#25)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Terra
Vending-Bench 22,3777,343
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
APEX-Agents—58.2%
BALROG—53.2%
GDP.pdf—24.7%

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), GPT-5.6 Terra: 60.7 (#21)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Terra
SimpleBench47.7%48.9%
CritPt1.7%30%
Chess Puzzles6%54%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431468
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51159.62
ARC-AGI-2—83.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—51.3%
NYT Connections (extended)—78.4%
ARC-AGI-1—96.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—35%
DTBench—93.3%
LMCA—55%
Surface Evolver Bench—83.8%

Math GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), GPT-5.6 Terra: 81.6 (#12)

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), GPT-5.6 Terra: 61.2 (#30)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Terra
GPQA Diamond83.3%93.3%
SimpleQA Verified32.2%43.2%
LMArena Expert14241492
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 47.3 (#11)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Vision—1271
Blueprint-Bench 2—30.8%
Furniture Assembly—54.2%
LMArena Document—1472

Multilingual GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), GPT-5.6 Terra: 54.4 (#44)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Non-English14171439
LMArena Chinese14951513
LMArena French14321471
LMArena German14241460
LMArena Japanese14391457
LMArena Korean13991425
LMArena Russian14231450
LMArena Spanish14341448

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), GPT-5.6 Terra: 76.4 (#40)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Instruction Following14111454

Long Context GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), GPT-5.6 Terra: 44.4 (#68)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Longer Query14321451
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), GPT-5.6 Terra: 70.2 (#23)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7GPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Text14351447
LMArena Creative Writing14011410
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14131855
LMArena Multi-Turn14461449
EQ-Bench 4—1234

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than GPT-5.6 Terra?

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 4.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.6 Terra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or GPT-5.6 Terra?

GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.6 Terra lists at $2 and $12.

Is GLM-4.7 or GPT-5.6 Terra better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 57.7 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.6 Terra does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and GPT-5.6 Terra share?

30 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.6 Terra has 52.

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