Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Granite 4.2 30b

GLM-4.7 and Granite 4.2 30b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.7 vs 41.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.7

Rank #117 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 30b IBM

41.4

Rank #126 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 6 categories and Granite 4.2 30b in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-4.7 leads 47.0 to 38.5.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Granite 4.2 30b specifications
GLM-4.7Granite 4.2 30b
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)IBM
Noometry Index41.741.4
Released2025-12-22—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked3611

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 43.6 (#74), Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Coding14541394
LMArena WebDev1435—
SciCode45.1%—
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 26.4 (#96), Granite 4.2 30b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.2 30b
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads

GLM-4.7: 23.7 (#161), Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Hard Prompts14431375
SimpleBench47.7%—
CritPt1.7%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.53—

Math Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 37.7 (#92), Granite 4.2 30b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.2 30b
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.3%—
ProofBench6%—
LMArena Math1423—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#74), Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Expert14241405
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multilingual GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 53.0 (#75), Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Non-English14171340
LMArena Chinese14951415
LMArena Russian14231342
LMArena French1432—
LMArena German1426—
LMArena Japanese1439—
LMArena Korean1401—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 74.6 (#90), Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Instruction Following14111346

Long Context GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#111), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Longer Query14321359
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 61.1 (#89), Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Text14361363
LMArena Creative Writing14011294
LMArena Multi-Turn14461340
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Granite 4.2 30b?

GLM-4.7 and Granite 4.2 30b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.7 vs 41.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is GLM-4.7 or Granite 4.2 30b better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Granite 4.2 30b share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.

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