BenchLeader

GLM 5.3 Flash vs Grok 4.7

Verdict
  • Grok 4.7 (high) leads on quality: 65.8 vs 63.9.
  • GLM 5.3 Flash is stronger in agents & tools, coding, human preference, long context, maths, multimodal.
  • Grok 4.7 (high) is stronger in composite, knowledge, reasoning.
  • GLM 5.3 Flash is 13× cheaper ($0.238 vs $3.00 per 1M blended).
  • GLM 5.3 Flash streams 1.7× faster (94 vs 55 tokens per second).
MetricGLM 5.3 FlashGrok 4.7 (high)
BenchLeader Index63.965.8
Agents & tools score68.0
Coding score64.0
Composite score61.687.5
Human preference score67.6
Knowledge score67.672.6
Long context score66.464.8
Maths score71.1
Multimodal score65.3
Reasoning score70.276.4
Blended price $/M$0.238$3.00
Output speed94 tok/s55 tok/s
Time to first answer23.8 s1.4 s
Context window1M500k
SciCode46.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.4
LMArena Text1475
LMArena Hard Prompts1498
LMArena Coding1525
LMArena WebDev1607
LMArena Vision1299
LMArena Agent1.1
LiveBench71.6%
LiveBench Reasoning77.6%
LiveBench Coding79.0%
LiveBench Agentic Coding56.8%
LiveBench Mathematics81.2%
LiveBench Data Analysis76.4%
LiveBench Language77.3%
LiveBench Instruction Following52.8%
AA Intelligence Index41.846.3
AA-LCR80.0%77.0%
AA-Omniscience7.530.9
GPQA Diamond (AA)91.2%
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)39.9%42.3%
SciCode (AA)51.6%57.8%
LegalBench85.1%
CritPt15.4%18.0%
GDPval (AA)57.0%59.7%
τ²-Bench Banking (AA)47.2%
Code Migration34.7%
Excel Modeling Benchmark54.9%
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark19.6%
Legal Research Bench39.9%
MedCode48.7%
MedScribe87.2%
ProgramBench0.0%
Public Benefits Bench68.5%
SAGE31.0%
LMArena Maths1513
LMArena Creative Writing1435
LMArena Instruction Following1471
LMArena Multi-turn1475
LMArena Longer Queries1476

Data as of 2026-09-21. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.

GLM 5.3 Flash vs Grok 4.7: questions

Is GLM 5.3 Flash better than Grok 4.7?
Grok 4.7 (high) leads on quality: 65.8 vs 63.9. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Grok 4.7 (high) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-21, but check the category scores for your use.
Which is cheaper, GLM 5.3 Flash or Grok 4.7?
GLM 5.3 Flash is cheaper: $0.238 against $3.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
Which is faster, GLM 5.3 Flash or Grok 4.7?
GLM 5.3 Flash streams faster: 94 against 55 output tokens per second.
Which has the larger context window?
GLM 5.3 Flash accepts more context: 1M against 500k tokens.