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Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 vs GLM-4.7-Flash

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 16 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 Released 25 Jul 2025 · $0.30 in · $3.00 out
Z.aiGLM-4.7-Flash Released 19 Jan 2026 · $0.060 in · $0.40 out
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 wins 11GLM-4.7-Flash wins 5

Of the 16 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5). See also Alibaba vs Z.ai, every model from both labs.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 or GLM-4.7-Flash? The short answer

Pick GLM-4.7-Flash: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 14.9 against 12.7) and costs less.

  • GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper: $0.15 against $0.97 per million tokens, 6.7 times less.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 14.9 against 12.7.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash is newer: released 19 Jan 2026, against 25 Jul 2025 for Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 does better for reasoning and knowledge and writing.

Head to head

12.7
Intelligence Index
14.9
$0.97
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.15
131,072
Context window, tokens
200,000

Every fact side by side

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507GLM-4.7-Flash
Price per million tokens$0.30 in · $3.00 out$0.060 in · $0.40 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.97$0.15
Cheapest host, blended$0.75 (Alibaba)$0.15 (Venice, FP8)
Intelligence Index12.714.9
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second––
Context window131,072 tokens200,000 tokens
Released25 Jul 202519 Jan 2026 (newer)
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inChinaChina

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 138 of 164 not measured
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 117 of 198 142 of 198
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 122 of 188 150 of 188
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 92 of 152 109 of 152
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) not measured 24 of 24

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureQwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507GLM-4.7-Flash
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 139 · 173 of 387 measured 1,400 1,365
Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 133 · 170 of 380 measured 1,404 1,368
Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 133 · 200 of 385 measured 1,371 1,307
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 147 · 128 of 243 measured 12.7 14.9
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 114 · 186 of 231 measured 79.0% 58.1%
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 122 · 164 of 242 measured 15.9% 7.6%
UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results
Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 139 · 179 of 230 measured 32.4 25.0no reasoning
Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 166 · 188 of 230 measured 30.0% 39.0%no reasoning
Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 194 · 45 of 230 measured 0.31 0.37think-prefill reasoning
Show all 16 results (7 more)
MeasureQwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507GLM-4.7-Flash
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 85 · 169 of 338 measured 1,466 1,386
Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 142 · 178 of 387 measured 1,385 1,348
Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 139 · 189 of 386 measured 1,377 1,331
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 4 results
IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 101 · 78 of 195 measured 51.2% 60.8%
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 99 · 169 of 233 measured 72.0% 41.7%
Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 116 · 87 of 190 measured 13.6% 22.0%
τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 101 · 2 of 193 measured 53.2% 98.8%

Quick answers

Is Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 better than GLM-4.7-Flash?

Pick GLM-4.7-Flash: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 14.9 against 12.7) and costs less.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 or GLM-4.7-Flash?

GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper: $0.15 against $0.97 per million tokens, 6.7 times less.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 or GLM-4.7-Flash?

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 ranks 117 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 142 for GLM-4.7-Flash.

Which is better for writing, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 or GLM-4.7-Flash?

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 ranks 122 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 150 for GLM-4.7-Flash.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 or GLM-4.7-Flash?

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 ranks 92 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 109 for GLM-4.7-Flash.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 or GLM-4.7-Flash?

GLM-4.7-Flash: 200,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507.

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