# GLM-4.7 vs Granite 4.2 3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-4.7 and Granite 4.2 3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-4-7-vs-granite-4-2-3b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GLM-4.7 and Granite 4.2 3B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GLM-4.7 has the larger published context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | IBM |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 57.71 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 9 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 45.3 (Estimated · #82/152)
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 3B | 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 |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 45.8% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 47.7 (Supported · #71/151)
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 3B | 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 v6 | Coming soon | 69.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 24.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 69.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: 37.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 47.6 (Supported · #95/183)
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 85.7% | 54.8% | GLM-4.7 |
| MMLU-Pro | 84.3% | 67.8% | GLM-4.7 |
| HLE | 24.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 82.8 (#50/123)
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 26 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Granite 4.2 3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 95.7% | 78.3% | 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 | 66.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GLM-4.7 and Granite 4.2 3B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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