# GLM-4.7 vs Granite 4.2 30B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-4.7 and Granite 4.2 30B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-4-7-vs-granite-4-2-30b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-4.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Granite 4.2 30B 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 57.71 to 50.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 69.8 for GLM-4.7 and 54.7 for Granite 4.2 30B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 85.7% and 66.4%.
- GLM-4.7 also has the larger context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | IBM |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 128K |
| Overall Score | 57.71 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 45.3 (Estimated · #82/152)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 30B | 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 | 29.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 62.0% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 61.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 47.7 (Supported · #71/151)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.8% | 57% | GLM-4.7 |
| LiveCodeBench | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 41.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 33.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 29.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 38.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 69.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: 54.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 47.6 (Supported · #95/183)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 85.7% | 66.4% | GLM-4.7 |
| MMLU-Pro | 84.3% | 77.6% | GLM-4.7 |
| HLE | 24.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 82.8 (#50/123)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 26 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 95.7% | 89.2% | GLM-4.7 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 2.439% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-4.7 or Granite 4.2 30B?

GLM-4.7 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-4.7 and Granite 4.2 30B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 69.8 for GLM-4.7 and 54.7 for Granite 4.2 30B.

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

GLM-4.7 currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Granite 4.2 30B cover on BenchLM?

Granite 4.2 30B currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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