Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Qwen1.5-7B

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.7 leads 60.9 to 29.6.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
GLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.031.4
Released2025-12-222024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked3613

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding14541107
LMArena WebDev1435—
SciCode45.1%—
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts14431065
SimpleBench47.7%—
CritPt1.7%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51—

Math GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math14231080
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), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert14241055
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—
MMLU—62.6%

Multilingual GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English14171058
LMArena Chinese14951141
LMArena Russian14231006
LMArena French1432—
LMArena German1424—
LMArena Japanese1439—
LMArena Korean1399—
LMArena Spanish1434—

Instruction Following GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14111058

Long Context GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query14321090
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text14351083
LMArena Creative Writing14011035
LMArena Multi-Turn14461062
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Qwen1.5-7B?

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.7 or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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