Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Inkling-Small

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 5 categories and Inkling-Small in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 24.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 32.2% for GLM-4.7 and 19.1% for Inkling-Small.
  • Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.7.
  • Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Inkling-Small specifications
GLM-4.7Inkling-Small
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Thinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index42.046.5
Released2025-12-222026-07-15
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K524K
Max output131K1.05M
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$0.45
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$1.20
Results tracked3633

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Inkling-Small
LMArena WebDev14351409
SciCode45.1%48.7%
LMArena Coding14541451
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), Inkling-Small: —

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

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Inkling-Small
CritPt1.7%8.3%
Chess Puzzles6%18%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431423
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51150.15
ARC-AGI-2—40.1%
SimpleBench47.7%—
ARC-AGI-1—84%
Mystery Game Puzzles—6%

Math Inkling-Small leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)

Knowledge Inkling-Small leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Inkling-Small
GPQA Diamond83.3%88.5%
SimpleQA Verified32.2%19.1%
LMArena Expert14241442
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7: —, Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Inkling-Small
LMArena Vision—1235

Multilingual GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Inkling-Small
LMArena Non-English14171402
LMArena Chinese14951465
LMArena French14321436
LMArena German14241405
LMArena Japanese14391405
LMArena Korean13991363
LMArena Russian14231391
LMArena Spanish14341428

Instruction Following Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Inkling-Small
LMArena Instruction Following14111399

Long Context Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Inkling-Small
LMArena Longer Query14321401
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Inkling-Small
LMArena Text14351414
LMArena Creative Writing14011331
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14131491
LMArena Multi-Turn14461418

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or Inkling-Small?

Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GLM-4.7 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

Is GLM-4.7 or Inkling-Small better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (44.0 vs 43.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Inkling-Small share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.

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