GLM-4.7 vs o3-mini

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

GLM-4.7 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 74 to 56. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GLM-4.7's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 54.7 against 49.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is IFEval, 85 to 93.9. o3-mini does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-4.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o3-mini only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.

Knowledge

o3-mini

GLM-4.7

70.3

o3-mini

82.1

86
MMLU
86.9
84
GPQA
77.2
82
SuperGPQA
-
80
OpenBookQA
-
74
MMLU-Pro
-
16
HLE
-

Coding

GLM-4.7

GLM-4.7

54.7

o3-mini

49.3

78
HumanEval
-
43
SWE-bench Verified
49.3
43
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

o3-mini

GLM-4.7

85

o3-mini

87.3

86
AIME 2023
-
88
AIME 2024
87.3
87
AIME 2025
-
82
HMMT Feb 2023
-
84
HMMT Feb 2024
-
83
HMMT Feb 2025
-
85
BRUMO 2025
-
85
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

GLM-4.7
82
SimpleQA
-
80
MuSR
-
84
BBH
-

Instruction Following

o3-mini

GLM-4.7

85

o3-mini

93.9

85
IFEval
93.9

Multilingual

GLM-4.7
81
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GLM-4.7 or o3-mini?

GLM-4.7 is ahead overall, 74 to 56. The biggest single separator in this matchup is IFEval, where the scores are 85 and 93.9.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GLM-4.7 or o3-mini?

o3-mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.1 versus 70.3. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GLM-4.7 or o3-mini?

GLM-4.7 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 54.7 versus 49.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GLM-4.7 or o3-mini?

o3-mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 87.3 versus 85. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GLM-4.7 or o3-mini?

o3-mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 93.9 versus 85. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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