# GLM-4.7 vs Inkling

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-4-7-vs-inkling
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 8
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling 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

- Inkling leads overall 52.13 to 48.42.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 44.5 for GLM-4.7 and 54.5 for Inkling.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 52% and 77.1%.
- GLM-4.7 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-4.7 | Inkling |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 48.42 | 52.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $1.87 / $4.68 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 31.8 (Estimated · #84/124)
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #72/124)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 41% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 52% | 77.1% | Inkling |
| VITA-Bench | 15.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 39.95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 47.6% | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 37.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-4.7
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 37.7 (Supported · #70/149)
- Inkling public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #80/149)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.8% | 77.6% | Inkling |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 41.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.2% | 85.5% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 69.4% | 77.6% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 54.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 4.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 74.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/29)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 82% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Inkling
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 44.5 (Supported · #98/181)
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #62/181)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 85.7% | 87.9% | Inkling |
| MMLU-Pro | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 24.8% | 46% | Inkling |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 80.1% | 87.1% | Inkling |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 82.7% | 86.3% | Inkling |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 82.8 (#51/128)
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#35/128)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.7 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 95.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 33.333% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 4.878% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Inkling is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 44.5 for GLM-4.7 and 54.5 for Inkling.

### 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 Inkling cover on BenchLM?

Inkling currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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