# Gemma 2 27B vs GLM-4.7-Flash

> GLM-4.7-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-27b-vs-glm-4-7-flash
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.7-Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GLM-4.7-Flash leads 36.1 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.4% for Gemma 2 27B and 58.3% for GLM-4.7-Flash.
- GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.65 / $0.65 for Gemma 2 27B.
- GLM-4.7-Flash accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 8K.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2 27B | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 38.8 |
| Rank | 312 | 180 |
| Context | 8K | 200K |
| Input $/M | $0.65 | $0.06 |
| Output $/M | $0.65 | $0.40 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)
- GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | 1383 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)
- GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | 1356 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)
- GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | 58.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1212 | 1355 |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)
- GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | 60.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | 1357 |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)
- GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | 1330 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | 1403 |
| LMArena French | 1247 | 1332 |
| LMArena German | 1209 | 1337 |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | 1283 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1332 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)
- GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | 1327 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)
- GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1345 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)
- GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | 1351 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | 1342 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1125 |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2 27B better than GLM-4.7-Flash?

GLM-4.7-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or GLM-4.7-Flash?

GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Gemma 2 27B lists at $0.65 and $0.65.

### Is Gemma 2 27B or GLM-4.7-Flash better for coding?

GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-4.7-Flash does, with 200K tokens against 8K.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and GLM-4.7-Flash share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7-Flash has 21.