Noometry

Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Step 5 Preview

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Step 5 Preview StepFun

47.9

Rank #58 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 1 category and Step 5 Preview in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 5 Preview leads 40.0 to 24.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 6% for GLM-4.7 and 42% for Step 5 Preview.
  • GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2.70 for Step 5 Preview.
  • Step 5 Preview accepts more context: 1.02M tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7Step 5 Preview
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)StepFun
Noometry Index42.047.9
Released2025-12-222026-09-16
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K1.02M
Max output131K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$1
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$2.70
Results tracked3618

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Category by category

Coding Step 5 Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), Step 5 Preview: 51.8 (#36)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Step 5 Preview
LMArena WebDev14351564
SciCode45.1%58.9%
LMArena Coding14541480
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), Step 5 Preview: —

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Step 5 Preview
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning Step 5 Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), Step 5 Preview: 40.0 (#57)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Step 5 Preview
CritPt1.7%20.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431465
SimpleBench47.7%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51—

Math Step 5 Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), Step 5 Preview: 46.1 (#72)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Step 5 Preview
ProofBench6%42%
LMArena Math14231470
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), Step 5 Preview: 41.2 (#112)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Step 5 Preview
LMArena Expert14241470
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7: —, Step 5 Preview: 41.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Step 5 Preview
LMArena Vision—1267

Multilingual Step 5 Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), Step 5 Preview: 53.8 (#54)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Step 5 Preview
LMArena Non-English14171432
LMArena Chinese14951519
LMArena Russian14231436
LMArena Spanish14341439
LMArena French1432—
LMArena German1424—
LMArena Japanese1439—
LMArena Korean1399—

Instruction Following Step 5 Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), Step 5 Preview: 76.0 (#50)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Step 5 Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14111444

Long Context Step 5 Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), Step 5 Preview: 44.5 (#64)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Step 5 Preview
LMArena Longer Query14321455
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference Step 5 Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), Step 5 Preview: 62.8 (#71)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Step 5 Preview
LMArena Text14351442
LMArena Creative Writing14011410
LMArena Multi-Turn14461447
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Step 5 Preview?

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or Step 5 Preview?

GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Step 5 Preview lists at $1 and $2.70.

Is GLM-4.7 or Step 5 Preview better for coding?

Step 5 Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.8 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Step 5 Preview does, with 1.02M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Step 5 Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 18.

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