# GLM-4.7 vs GPT-4.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-4.7 and GPT-4.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-4-7-vs-gpt-4-1
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-4.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-4.7 leads overall 49.09 to 39.74.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 81.4 for GLM-4.7 and 48.9 for GPT-4.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 85.7% and 66.3%.
- GLM-4.7 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-4.1 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-4.7 | GPT-4.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 49.09 | 39.74 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $2.00 / $8.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 27.5 (Estimated · #88/117)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-4.1 | 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% | 25.65% | GLM-4.7 |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 39.4 (Supported · #63/143)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.8% | 54.6% | GLM-4.7 |
| LiveCodeBench | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 71.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 51.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: GLM-4.7
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 40.5 (Supported · #98/169)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 35.5 (Supported · #116/169)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 85.7% | 66.3% | GLM-4.7 |
| MMLU-Pro | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 24.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 82.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 81.4 (#51/124)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 48.9 (#83/124)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 25.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 28 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 95.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 2.439% | 5.517% | GPT-4.1 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | 0.000% | Tie |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-4.7 or GPT-4.1?

GLM-4.7 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-4.7 and GPT-4.1?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 81.4 for GLM-4.7 and 48.9 for GPT-4.1.

### 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 GPT-4.1 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-4.1 currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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