Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Qwen1.5-72B

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #285 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-4.7 leads 47.0 to 11.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 83.3% for GLM-4.7 and 28.8% for Qwen1.5-72B.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Qwen1.5-72B specifications
GLM-4.7Qwen1.5-72B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.030.8
Released2025-12-222024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked3622

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Coding14541165
LMArena WebDev1435—
SciCode45.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.3%
ALE-Bench399.48—
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—61.6%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), Qwen1.5-72B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-72B
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts14431148
SimpleBench47.7%—
CritPt1.7%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51—

Math GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Math14231164
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), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-72B
GPQA Diamond83.3%28.8%
LMArena Expert14241136
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multilingual GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Non-English14171135
LMArena Chinese14951186
LMArena French14321159
LMArena German14241084
LMArena Japanese14391061
LMArena Korean13991050
LMArena Russian14231104
LMArena Spanish14341110

Instruction Following GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Instruction Following14111141

Long Context GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Longer Query14321157
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Text14351166
LMArena Creative Writing14011137
LMArena Multi-Turn14461160
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Qwen1.5-72B?

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.7 or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Qwen1.5-72B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.

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