Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GLM 4.7

GLM 4.7 leads Gemini 3 Flash Preview on coding, 55.1 to 43.7 on the Vibe Coding Index, and GLM 4.7 costs 1.4x less per output token ($2.20 vs $3.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 41 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3 Flash Preview Replace GLM 4.7

Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle

Coding: 43.7
Overall: 55.0
Output $/M: $3.00

GLM 4.7Z.ai

Coding: 55.1
Overall: 56.9
Output $/M: $2.20

vs boards won of 41 shared

Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM 4.7: which to pick

Pick GLM 4.7 for coding: it scores 55.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 43.7 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.

Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview for a larger context window (1.05M against 205K tokens) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI), where it leads.

Model AGemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle43.7/1002 independent benchmarks$0.37 per solved task Model BGLM 4.7Z.ai55.1/1002 independent benchmarks$0.29 per solved task

413040

Shared results: 41
Gemini 3 Flash Preview only: 30
GLM 4.7 only: 40
Like-for-like categories: 8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
GLM 4.7
GLM 4.7 scores 55.1 against 43.7.
2 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 26.3 against 22.2.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 87.9% against 80.0%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 95.6% against 93.3%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 88.6% against 82.7%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GLM 4.7
GLM 4.7 leads, 1226 against 1196.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 205K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 4.7
Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.0020, GLM 4.7 $0.0017 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
GLM 4.7
Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.37, GLM 4.7 $0.29.
Published attempt cost and pass rate

At a glance

Coding index: Gemini 3 Flash Preview 43.7 from 2 benchmarks, GLM 4.7 55.1 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category: Coding, 13.4 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap: SimpleQA Verified: Gemini 3 Flash Preview 66.8% against GLM 4.7 32.2%, 34.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price: Gemini 3 Flash Preview $3.00 against GLM 4.7 $2.20 per million output tokens, 1.4x apart.
Context window: Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 1.05M tokens, GLM 4.7 205K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
Category	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	GLM 4.7
Coding	6	0
Intelligence	1	0
Agentic work	3	3
Reasoning	6	0
Math	6	0
Knowledge	9	0
Web design	0	4
General	3	0
All shared boards	34	7

CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index60

Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM 4.7
Benchmark	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	GLM 4.7	Leader
SWE-bench Verified	75.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
LMArena WebDev	Not measured	1435	Only GLM 4.7 measured
AA Coding Index	Not measured	45.3	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)	85.6%	82.2%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)	75.0%	69.4%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)	20.2%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Code migration (Vals AI)	6.4%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)	0.0%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)	53.9%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)	90.8%	89.4%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)	38.6%	31.8%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Terminal-Bench	64.3%	33.4%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
GSO-Bench	9.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
WeirdML	61.6%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
ALE-Bench	1367.2	399.5	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
LMArena Text: coding	Not measured	1454	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: software and IT	Not measured	1453	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena WebDev: React	Not measured	1420	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML	Not measured	1447	Only GLM 4.7 measured
SciCode	12.7%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here

IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10

Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM 4.7
Benchmark	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	GLM 4.7	Leader
AA Intelligence Index	26.3	22.2	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Epoch Capabilities Index	Not measured	143.6	Only GLM 4.7 measured

Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index33

Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM 4.7
Benchmark	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	GLM 4.7	Leader
Design Arena: agents building web apps	1110	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps	1063	1050	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps	1090	1105	GLM 4.7
Design Arena: agents building Android apps	1050	1112	GLM 4.7
Design Arena: agents building Godot games	1161	1058	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides	1036	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)	42.5%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)	11.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)	18.3%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)	26.0%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
τ²-Bench Telecom	80.4%	95.9%	GLM 4.7
BALROG	48.1%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
DeepResearch Bench	49.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Vending-Bench 2	$3,635	$2,377	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
BrowseComp-Plus	Not measured	64.7%	Only GLM 4.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here

ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60

Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM 4.7
Benchmark	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	GLM 4.7	Leader
GPQA Diamond	87.9%	80.0%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)	87.6%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)	89.8%	85.9%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)	36.6%	27.4%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)	89.4%	83.3%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
ARC-AGI	84.7%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
ARC-AGI-2	33.6%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
SimpleBench	61.1%	47.7%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Chess puzzles	39.0%	21.0%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Mystery game puzzles	26.0%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
VPCT	72.6%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts	Not measured	1443	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: expert	Not measured	1424	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English	Not measured	1452	Only GLM 4.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here

MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60

Math benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM 4.7
Benchmark	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	GLM 4.7	Leader
AIME	95.6%	93.3%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
MGSM (Vals AI)	93.3%	88.2%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
AA Math Index	97.0	95.0	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)	97.0%	95.0%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
OTIS Mock AIME	95.6%	83.3%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3	51.2%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
FrontierMath, tier 4	17.1%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
ProofBench	15.0%	6.0%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
LMArena Text: math	Not measured	1424	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: mathematical work	Not measured	1411	Only GLM 4.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here

KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90

Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM 4.7
Benchmark	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	GLM 4.7	Leader
MMLU Pro	88.6%	82.7%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
LegalBench (Vals AI)	86.9%	83.4%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
CaseLaw (Vals AI)	55.8%	54.9%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
CorpFin (Vals AI)	66.4%	46.4%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
TaxEval (Vals AI)	73.9%	68.8%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
MortgageTax (Vals AI)	68.7%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
MedQA (Vals AI)	95.8%	93.7%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
MedCode (Vals AI)	55.9%	32.8%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)	89.0%	85.6%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
SimpleQA Verified	66.8%	32.2%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
GeoBench	88.0%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
LMArena Text: science	Not measured	1457	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare	Not measured	1469	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: legal and government	Not measured	1444	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: business and finance	Not measured	1429	Only GLM 4.7 measured
FACTS Benchmark Suite	63.4%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here

Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04

Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM 4.7
Benchmark	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	GLM 4.7	Leader
Design Arena: websites	1196	1226	GLM 4.7
Design Arena: UI components	Not measured	1199	Only GLM 4.7 measured
Design Arena: game dev	1166	1189	GLM 4.7
Design Arena: data viz	Not measured	1195	Only GLM 4.7 measured
Design Arena: 3D	1184	1191	GLM 4.7
Design Arena: all code categories	1189	1217	GLM 4.7
Design Arena: SVG	Not measured	1143	Only GLM 4.7 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art	Not measured	1165	Only GLM 4.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here

GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30

General benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM 4.7
Benchmark	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	GLM 4.7	Leader
SAGE (Vals AI)	51.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)	69.9%	68.6%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Vals Multimodal Index	52.2%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
IFBench	78.0%	67.9%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)	78.0%	71.0%	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
DTBench	89.1%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
LMCA	43.1%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
CL-bench	Not measured	15.9%	Only GLM 4.7 measured
CL-bench Life	Not measured	10.9%	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text	Not measured	1435	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: instruction following	Not measured	1412	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: creative writing	Not measured	1401	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: English	Not measured	1453	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: non-English	Not measured	1417	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: Chinese	Not measured	1495	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: German	Not measured	1426	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: Japanese	Not measured	1439	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: Korean	Not measured	1399	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: French	Not measured	1432	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: Spanish	Not measured	1434	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: Russian	Not measured	1423	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: Polish	Not measured	1435	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn	Not measured	1446	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: longer queries	Not measured	1432	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: writing and language	Not measured	1411	Only GLM 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and media	Not measured	1400	Only GLM 4.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here

Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared

Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM 4.7
Benchmark	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	GLM 4.7	Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Gemini 3 Flash Preview$0.0020Fits in one request

GLM 4.7$0.0017Fits in one request

GLM 4.7 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3 Flash Preview$0.034Fits in one request

GLM 4.7$0.037Fits in one request

Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3 Flash Preview$0.130Fits in one request

GLM 4.7$0.142Exceeds the context window

Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM 4.7
Specification	Google Gemini 3 Flash Preview	Z.ai GLM 4.7
Maker	Google	Z.ai
Weights	No public weights listed	Open weights
Released	December 17, 2025	December 22, 2025
Context window	1.05M	205K
Input $/Mtok	$0.50	$0.60
Output $/Mtok	$3.00	$2.20
Coding index	43.7	55.1
Independent measurements behind it	2	2
Cost per solved task	$0.37	$0.29
Source	OpenRouter listing	OpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than GLM 4.7 for coding?

Pick GLM 4.7 for coding: it scores 55.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 43.7 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview. Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview for a larger context window (1.05M against 205K tokens) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM 4.7?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; GLM 4.7 costs $0.60 and $2.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.37 and GLM 4.7 $0.29.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM 4.7?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GLM 4.7 comparison based on?

41 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 3 Flash Preview's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and GLM 4.7's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM 4.7: which to pick

Which one for your work

Coding

Intelligence

Reasoning

Math

Knowledge

Web design

Long documents

Everyday cost

Cost per solved task