Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Grok 4.1

GLM-4.7 and Grok 4.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (42.0 vs 41.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Grok 4.1 xAI

41.5

Rank #134 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 3 categories and Grok 4.1 in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-4.7 leads 44.0 to 33.7.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Grok 4.1 specifications
GLM-4.7Grok 4.1
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)xAI
Noometry Index42.041.5
Released2025-12-222025-11-17
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked3619

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena WebDev14351214
LMArena Coding14541445
SciCode45.1%—
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
Cybench—39%
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Hard Prompts14431435
SimpleBench47.7%—
CritPt1.7%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51—

Math Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Math14231422
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), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Expert14241417
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multilingual Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Non-English14171425
LMArena Chinese14951465
LMArena French14321448
LMArena German14241446
LMArena Japanese14391397
LMArena Korean13991407
LMArena Russian14231434
LMArena Spanish14341438

Instruction Following Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Instruction Following14111400

Long Context Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Longer Query14321416
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.1
LMArena Text14351437
LMArena Creative Writing14011411
LMArena Multi-Turn14461437
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Grok 4.1?

GLM-4.7 and Grok 4.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (42.0 vs 41.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is GLM-4.7 or Grok 4.1 better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Grok 4.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.

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