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Inkling Small vs GLM 4.7

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 15 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

Inkling Small
Thinkingmachines · profile
GLM 4.7
Z.ai · profile
Results compared
15
Shared sources
3

Inkling Small or GLM 4.7? The short answer

  • Inkling Small is cheaper: $0.64 against $0.90 per million tokens, 29% less.
  • Inkling Small scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 25.7 against 22.2.
  • On our business benchmarks, Inkling Small ranks higher for agents and tool use and reasoning and knowledge.
  • On our business benchmarks, GLM 4.7 ranks higher for writing and sticking to the facts.

At a glance

Inkling SmallGLM 4.7
Price per million tokens$0.45 in · $1.20 out$0.54 in · $1.98 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.64$0.90
Cheapest host, blended–$0.74 (DeepInfra, FP4)
Intelligence Index25.722.2
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second173–
Context window524,288 tokens204,800 tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inthe USChina

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 models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.

Use caseInkling SmallGLM 4.7
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 68 of 161 99 of 161
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 58 of 195 76 of 195
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 100 of 187 70 of 187
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 126 of 153 102 of 153
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) 4 of 21 not measured

Every shared result

BenchmarkMetricInkling SmallGLM 4.7
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4251,444
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,4081,442
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,3131,404
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,4451,449
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,3931,425
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4051,441
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,3441,416
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score 52.945.3
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 25.722.2
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 89.5%85.9%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 33.3%27.4%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 75.7%71.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks 55.1%45.3%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ-bench banking% of tasks 18.8%12.2%
SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI)reportedCorrect answers% of questions 19.1%32.2%

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.

Quick answers

Is Inkling Small better than GLM 4.7?

It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, Inkling Small ranks higher for agents and tool use and reasoning and knowledge; GLM 4.7 ranks higher for writing and sticking to the facts.

Which is cheaper, Inkling Small or GLM 4.7?

Inkling Small costs $0.64 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $0.90 for GLM 4.7.

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