# GLM-4.7 vs GLM-5.3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-4.7 and GLM-5.3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-4-7-vs-glm-5-3
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-4.7 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-5.3 leads overall 65.44 to 49.19.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 27.4 for GLM-4.7 and 67.4 for GLM-5.3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 69.4% and 95.4%.
- GLM-5.3 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-4.7 | GLM-5.3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 49.19 | 65.44 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 27.4 (Estimated · #88/117)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 67.4 (Supported · #9/117)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 41% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 52% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 15.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 39.95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | Coming soon | 28.3% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 15.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 48.2% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 28.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 62.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 71.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 39.4 (Supported · #62/142)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 56.8 (Supported · #24/142)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.2% | 80.5% | GLM-4.7 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 69.4% | 95.4% | GLM-5.3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | Coming soon | 28.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 66.9% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 58% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 19.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 42.5% | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 30.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 71.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 77.1 (#11/27)

### Knowledge

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 40.7 (Supported · #97/168)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 61.9 (Supported · #35/168)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 24.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 80.1% | 88.1% | GLM-5.3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 82.7% | 86.8% | GLM-5.3 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 81.4 (#51/124)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 25.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 95.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 2.439% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-4.7 or GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-4.7 and GLM-5.3?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 27.4 for GLM-4.7 and 67.4 for GLM-5.3.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-4.7 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-4.7 currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5.3 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.3 currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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