Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Qwen3.5 397B-A17B

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.7 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.7

Rank #117 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B Alibaba (Qwen)

45.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.5 397B-A17B in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads 33.6 to 23.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 6% for GLM-4.7 and 13% for Qwen3.5 397B-A17B.
  • GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $3.60 for Qwen3.5 397B-A17B.
  • Qwen3.5 397B-A17B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Qwen3.5 397B-A17B specifications
GLM-4.7Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.745.7
Released2025-12-222026-02-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K262K
Max output131K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$3.60
Results tracked3636

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 43.6 (#74), Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 41.7 (#108)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
LMArena WebDev14351400
LMArena Coding14541464
SciCode45.1%—
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads

GLM-4.7: 26.4 (#96), Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 33.2 (#51)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
APEX-Agents—24.9%
τ²-bench Airline—81.5%
τ²-bench Banking—9.8%
τ²-bench Retail—84.4%
τ²-bench Telecom—97.8%
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads

GLM-4.7: 23.7 (#161), Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 33.6 (#62)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
Chess Puzzles6%13%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431448
Epoch Capabilities Index143.53146.64
SimpleBench47.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—73.7%
NYT Connections (extended)—58.9%
CritPt1.7%—
Thematic Generalization—65.1%
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—87.5%
LMCA—37.9%

Math Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads

GLM-4.7: 37.7 (#92), Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 44.9 (#64)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.3%88.9%
LMArena Math14231455
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—31.2%
ProofBench6%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#74), Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 53.3 (#53)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
GPQA Diamond83.3%86.4%
LMArena Expert14241461
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7: —, Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 40.0 (#42)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
LMArena Vision—1262

Multilingual Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 53.0 (#75), Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 54.0 (#56)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
LMArena Non-English14171431
LMArena Chinese14951501
LMArena French14321461
LMArena German14261447
LMArena Japanese14391427
LMArena Korean14011382
LMArena Russian14231429
LMArena Spanish14331443

Instruction Following Too close to call

GLM-4.7: 74.6 (#90), Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 75.2 (#73)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
LMArena Instruction Following14111424

Long Context Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#111), Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 44.1 (#71)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
LMArena Longer Query14321442
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads

GLM-4.7: 61.1 (#89), Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 62.5 (#74)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
LMArena Text14361438
LMArena Creative Writing14011401
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14131478
LMArena Multi-Turn14461447

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Qwen3.5 397B-A17B?

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.7 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or Qwen3.5 397B-A17B?

GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 397B-A17B lists at $0.60 and $3.60.

Is GLM-4.7 or Qwen3.5 397B-A17B better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 41.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B does, with 262K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Qwen3.5 397B-A17B share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 397B-A17B has 36.

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