Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.7 leads 60.9 to 43.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 11.7% for GLM-4.7 and 5.2% for Granite 4.0 H Small.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
GLM-4.7Granite 4.0 H Small
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)IBM
Noometry Index42.036.5
Released2025-12-22—
WeightsOpenOpen
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), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding14541249
LMArena WebDev1435—
SciCode45.1%—
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.0 H Small
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts14431240
SimpleBench47.7%—
CritPt1.7%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51—

Math GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Math14231247
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.3%—
ProofBench6%—
Omni-MATH—29.6%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.0 H Small
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%5.2%
LMArena Expert14241251
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%

Multilingual GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English14171216
LMArena Chinese14951249
LMArena Russian14231201
LMArena Spanish14341258
LMArena French1432—
LMArena German1424—
LMArena Japanese1439—
LMArena Korean1399—

Instruction Following GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Instruction Following14111222
IFEval—89%

Long Context GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query14321242
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text14351241
LMArena Creative Writing14011211
LMArena Multi-Turn14461242
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413—
WildBench—73.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.7 or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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