Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Grok 4.5

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 30 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Grok 4.5 xAI

55.0

Rank #25 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.5 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.5 leads 56.1 to 24.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 6% for GLM-4.7 and 36% for Grok 4.5.
  • GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.5.
  • Grok 4.5 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Grok 4.5 specifications
GLM-4.7Grok 4.5
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)xAI
Noometry Index42.055.0
Released2025-12-222026-07-08
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K500K
Max output131K500K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$2
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$6
Results tracked3652

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.5
LMArena WebDev14351553
SciCode45.1%54.1%
LMArena Coding14541474
ALE-Bench399.481,309
DeepSWE—53.8%
FrontierCode—42.4%
WeirdML—46.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.5
Vending-Bench 22,3773,887
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
APEX-Agents—56.2%
τ²-bench Banking—47.9%
PostTrainBench—23.4%
GBAEval—65.4%
GDP.pdf—14%
LMArena Search—1213

Reasoning Grok 4.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.5
SimpleBench47.7%70%
CritPt1.7%15.4%
Chess Puzzles6%36%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431462
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51153.92
ARC-AGI-2—52.6%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—83.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—79.9%
ARC-AGI-1—87.2%
DTBench—96.5%
LMCA—45.2%
Surface Evolver Bench—74.4%

Math Grok 4.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35)

Knowledge Grok 4.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.5
GPQA Diamond83.3%93.4%
SimpleQA Verified32.2%48.3%
LMArena Expert14241466
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7: —, Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.5
LMArena Vision—1288
Blueprint-Bench 2—27.3%
Furniture Assembly—22.5%
LMArena Document—1452

Multilingual Grok 4.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.5
LMArena Non-English14171440
LMArena Chinese14951496
LMArena French14321456
LMArena German14241446
LMArena Japanese14391428
LMArena Korean13991404
LMArena Russian14231448
LMArena Spanish14341450

Instruction Following Grok 4.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.5
LMArena Instruction Following14111446

Long Context Grok 4.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.5
LMArena Longer Query14321463
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.5 leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Grok 4.5
LMArena Text14351448
LMArena Creative Writing14011442
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14131579
LMArena Multi-Turn14461456

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Grok 4.5?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or Grok 4.5?

GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Grok 4.5 lists at $2 and $6.

Is GLM-4.7 or Grok 4.5 better for coding?

Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.5 does, with 500K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Grok 4.5 share?

30 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.5 has 52.

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