GLM 4.7 Flash vs gpt-oss-120b
GLM 4.7 Flash leads gpt-oss-120b on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 14.9 to 11.6, and GLM 4.7 Flash costs 1.3x less per output token ($0.40 vs $0.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 42 benchmarks have a result for both.
GLM 4.7 Flash or gpt-oss-120b: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick GLM 4.7 Flash for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($0.40 vs $0.50 per million) and a larger context window (200K against 131K tokens).
- Shared results
- 42
- GLM 4.7 Flash only
- 1
- gpt-oss-120b only
- 39
- 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
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GLM 4.7 Flash
GLM 4.7 Flash leads, 14.9 against 11.6.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only gpt-oss-120b has a AA Agentic Index result, 3.7.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only gpt-oss-120b has a GPQA Diamond result, 78.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only gpt-oss-120b has a AIME result, 92.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only gpt-oss-120b has a MMLU Pro result, 79.2%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GLM 4.7 Flash
GLM 4.7 Flash leads, 1194 against 968.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
GLM 4.7 Flash
GLM 4.7 Flash takes 200K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 4.7 Flash
GLM 4.7 Flash $0.0003, gpt-oss-120b $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only gpt-oss-120b has the number, $0.51.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- GLM 4.7 Flash not benchmarked, gpt-oss-120b not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 33.0 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: UI components: GLM 4.7 Flash 1208 against gpt-oss-120b 927, 35.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GLM 4.7 Flash $0.40 against gpt-oss-120b $0.50 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
- Context window
- GLM 4.7 Flash takes 200K tokens, gpt-oss-120b 131K.
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.
| Category | GLM 4.7 Flash | Bars | gpt-oss-120b | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 4 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 3 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 0 | ||
| General | 8 | 10 | ||
| All shared boards | 21 | 21 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index21
| Benchmark | GLM 4.7 Flash | gpt-oss-120b | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 41.8% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 26.0% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 30.4 | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.2% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 33.6% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 87.8% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 34.0% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.0% | 23.5% | gpt-oss-120b |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 18.7% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 48.2% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 575.6 | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1382 | 1379 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1389 | 1387 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| SciCode | Not measured | 7.7% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GLM 4.7 Flash | gpt-oss-120b | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 14.9 | 11.6 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 139.8 | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GLM 4.7 Flash | gpt-oss-120b | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 3.7 | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 98.8% | 65.8% | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 4.4% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| METR time horizons | Not measured | 56.6% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | -$22 | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| BrowseComp-Plus | Not measured | 67.0% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index24
| Benchmark | GLM 4.7 Flash | gpt-oss-120b | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 78.5% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 58.1% | 78.2% | gpt-oss-120b |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 7.6% | 19.6% | gpt-oss-120b |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 60.5% | 75.8% | gpt-oss-120b |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 22.1% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 2.0% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1356 | 1364 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1357 | 1356 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1369 | 1368 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 58.6% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | GLM 4.7 Flash | gpt-oss-120b | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 92.6% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 94.8% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 92.0% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 93.4 | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 93.4% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 58.3% | 88.9% | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: math | 1355 | 1389 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1369 | 1386 | gpt-oss-120b |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13
| Benchmark | GLM 4.7 Flash | gpt-oss-120b | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 79.2% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.9% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 48.8% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 58.2% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.6% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 91.4% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 80.8% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1358 | 1382 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1343 | 1388 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1357 | 1355 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1343 | 1359 | gpt-oss-120b |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | GLM 4.7 Flash | gpt-oss-120b | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1194 | 968 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1208 | 927 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1135 | 992 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1123 | 987 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1121 | 901 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1178 | 963 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1038 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index810
| Benchmark | GLM 4.7 Flash | gpt-oss-120b | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 60.8% | 69.0% | gpt-oss-120b |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 41.7% | 52.0% | gpt-oss-120b |
| DTBench | Not measured | 76.3% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 22.1% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 44.4% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 77.1% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | Not measured | 25.0% | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMArena Text | 1351 | 1366 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1327 | 1318 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1296 | 1274 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: English | 1373 | 1375 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1330 | 1351 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1403 | 1385 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1336 | 1353 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1331 | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1283 | 1282 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1332 | 1370 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1350 | 1389 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1333 | 1343 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1291 | 1353 | gpt-oss-120b |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1342 | 1340 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1345 | 1319 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1320 | 1306 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1304 | 1292 | GLM 4.7 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 4.7 Flash | gpt-oss-120b | 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
GLM 4.7 Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GLM 4.7 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GLM 4.7 Flash 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.
| Specification | Z.ai GLM 4.7 Flash | OpenAI gpt-oss-120b |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | OpenAI |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | January 19, 2026 | August 5, 2025 |
| Context window | 200K | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.0653 | $0.10 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.40 | $0.50 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.51 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GLM 4.7 Flash better than gpt-oss-120b for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GLM 4.7 Flash for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($0.40 vs $0.50 per million) and a larger context window (200K against 131K tokens).
Which is cheaper, GLM 4.7 Flash or gpt-oss-120b?
GLM 4.7 Flash costs $0.0653 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; gpt-oss-120b costs $0.10 and $0.50. Cost per solved task is known for gpt-oss-120b only.
Which has the bigger context window, GLM 4.7 Flash or gpt-oss-120b?
GLM 4.7 Flash, with 200K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the GLM 4.7 Flash vs gpt-oss-120b comparison based on?
42 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GLM 4.7 Flash's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and gpt-oss-120b's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.