Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct IBM

30.8

Rank #286 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.7 leads 60.9 to 29.6.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct specifications
GLM-4.7Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)IBM
Noometry Index42.030.8
Released2025-12-22—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked3613

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Coding14541090
LMArena WebDev1435—
SciCode45.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—20.5%
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14431073
SimpleBench47.7%—
CritPt1.7%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51—

Math GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Math14231117
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.3%—
ProofBench6%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Expert14241064
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multilingual GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14171033
LMArena Chinese14951070
LMArena Russian14231045
LMArena French1432—
LMArena German1424—
LMArena Japanese1439—
LMArena Korean1399—
LMArena Spanish1434—

Instruction Following GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14111056

Long Context GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14321070
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Text14351080
LMArena Creative Writing14011046
LMArena Multi-Turn14461053
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.7 or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.

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