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GLM 5.3 Flash vs Grok 4.7

Full profiles: GLM 5.3 Flash (Zhipu AI) and Grok 4.7 (SpaceXAI): every benchmark, price and rank.

Updated · Data from 12 sources

As of 6 Nov 2026, GLM 5.3 Flash and Grok 4.7 are neck and neck on quality (56.8 vs 58.3 on the BenchLeader Index, inside the ±5.2 margin), and GLM 5.3 Flash is 13× cheaper at $0.238 vs $3.00 per 1M tokens blended. Choose GLM 5.3 Flash for maths (69 vs 56), multimodal (64 vs 56), and human preference (67 vs 62); choose Grok 4.7 for fast first answers (55.1 s vs 99.0 s) and knowledge (61 vs 46), reasoning (56 vs 49), and coding (62 vs 57).

Key facts (as of 6 Nov 2026)

  • GLM 5.3 Flash scores 56.8 on the BenchLeader Index and Grok 4.7 scores 58.3 (BenchLeader, 6 Nov 2026).
  • GLM 5.3 Flash costs $0.238 per 1M tokens blended (list price, 6 Nov 2026).
  • Grok 4.7 costs $3.00 per 1M tokens blended (list price, 6 Nov 2026).
  • Of the 47 benchmarks both models have, Grok 4.7 leads 32 (BenchLeader, 6 Nov 2026).
  • On Arena WebDev, GLM 5.3 Flash is rated 1607 and Grok 4.7 1638 (LMArena, as published by 6 Nov 2026).

Which to pick for…

The pick's numbers come first. Category scores on the BenchLeader scale (50 is the average model, 15 points one standard deviation). High confidence means a lead of half a standard deviation or more; under one point is called either.

Use casePickWhyConfidence
CodingGrok 4.762 vs 57 category score; Arena WebDev 1638 vs 1607Medium
Agents & tool useGLM 5.3 Flash60 vs 57 category score; Arena Agent -2.4 vs 2.7Medium
MathsGLM 5.3 Flash69 vs 56 category score; Arena Maths 1503 vs 1443High
ReasoningGrok 4.756 vs 49 category score; HLE-Diamond (AA) 23.2% vs 18.2%Medium
KnowledgeGrok 4.761 vs 46 category score; AA-Omniscience v1.1 31.2 vs 0.7High
Long documentsGLM 5.3 Flash65 vs 63 category score; AA-LCR v1.1 80.0% vs 76.7%Medium
Images and other mediaGLM 5.3 Flash64 vs 56 category score; Arena Vision 1294 vs 1231High
Chat quality (human preference)GLM 5.3 Flash67 vs 62 on Arena votesMedium
Lowest costGLM 5.3 Flash$0.238 vs $3.00 per 1M blended; agentic coding session $0.011 vs $0.144–
Fastest first answerGrok 4.755.1 s (Grok 4.7 (xhigh)) vs 99.0 s (GLM 5.3 Flash) to the first answer token–
High volume on a budgetNeither flagshipA smaller model is usually the better fit: Cheapest good LLMs, Fastest LLMs–

Key differences

  • GLM 5.3 Flash and Grok 4.7 (xhigh) are neck and neck on quality (56.8 vs 58.3, within the ±5.2 margin).
  • GLM 5.3 Flash is stronger in agents & tools, composite, human preference, long context, maths, multimodal.
  • Grok 4.7 (xhigh) is stronger in coding, knowledge, reasoning.
  • GLM 5.3 Flash is 13× cheaper ($0.238 vs $3.00 per 1M blended).

At a glance

SpecGLM 5.3 FlashGrok 4.7
DeveloperZhipu AISpaceXAI
Released20 Aug 202621 Sep 2026
Context window (tokens)1,000,000500,000
Compared atGLM 5.3 FlashGrok 4.7 (xhigh)
Open weightsYesNo
Price in / out / cached input per 1M$0.150 / $0.500 / $0.030$2.00 / $6.00 / $0.500

Category by category

Category scores on the BenchLeader scale: 50 is the average evaluated model, 15 points is one standard deviation. A gap under one point is called level.

CategoryGLM 5.3 FlashGrok 4.7 (xhigh)Leader
Reasoning49.156.4Grok 4.7
Coding57.461.5Grok 4.7
Agents & tools59.756.9GLM 5.3 Flash
Maths68.555.9GLM 5.3 Flash
Knowledge46.061.1Grok 4.7
Human preference66.662.3GLM 5.3 Flash
Multimodal63.855.7GLM 5.3 Flash
Long context64.863.1GLM 5.3 Flash
Composite45.1–not comparable

On one chart

Each domain on the index's own scale, where 50 is an average model. Click a domain to see the benchmarks behind it. Pick up to 5 models from the list.

2550 avg75ReasoningCodingAgents & toolsMathsKnowledgeLong contextMultimodalHumanpreferenceGLM 5.3 Flash, Reasoning: 49.1GLM 5.3 Flash, Coding: 57.4GLM 5.3 Flash, Agents & tools: 59.7GLM 5.3 Flash, Maths: 68.5GLM 5.3 Flash, Knowledge: 46.0GLM 5.3 Flash, Long context: 64.8GLM 5.3 Flash, Multimodal: 63.8GLM 5.3 Flash, Human preference: 66.6Grok 4.7, Reasoning: 56.4Grok 4.7, Coding: 61.5Grok 4.7, Agents & tools: 56.9Grok 4.7, Maths: 55.9Grok 4.7, Knowledge: 61.1Grok 4.7, Long context: 63.1Grok 4.7, Multimodal: 55.7Grok 4.7, Human preference: 62.3

Not drawn, measured for fewer than two of these models: Instruction following.

ModelIndex

Where sources disagree

Across the 47 benchmarks both have, GLM 5.3 Flash leads 14, Grok 4.7 leads 32 and 1 is a tie. Independent sources split: GLM 5.3 Flash leads on Arena Text; Grok 4.7 leads on AA Intelligence Index v5.0 and Vals Index.

Overall indexGLM 5.3 FlashGrok 4.7 (xhigh)Leader
BenchLeader Index56.858.3neck and neck
AA Intelligence Index v5.027.835.5Grok 4.7
Vals Index50.9†58.6Grok 4.7
Arena Text14771441GLM 5.3 Flash

Each publisher runs its own tasks, harnesses and effort settings, so their overall verdicts can differ; BenchLeader reconciles them on one scale. † measured at another effort setting of the same model (the publisher did not test the one compared here).

Price, speed and latency

List prices blended at three input tokens per output token. Per-task prices use the token counts on the methodology page. Cost, tokens and time per benchmark task are measured: Artificial Analysis’ averages over its whole Intelligence Index run.

MeasureGLM 5.3 FlashGrok 4.7 (xhigh)
Blended price per 1M tokens$0.238$3.00
Input / output per 1M$0.150 / $0.500$2.00 / $6.00
Cached input per 1M$0.030$0.500
Price per task: chat reply$0.0002$0.0026
Price per task: summarize a 30-page report$0.0021$0.028
Price per task: code edit$0.0017$0.021
Price per task: agentic coding session$0.011$0.144
Price per task: structured extraction$0.0004$0.0052
Agentic coding session, input mostly cached$0.0056$0.076
Cost per benchmark task (AA Index)$0.583$7.77
Output tokens per task (AA Index)134k105k
Of which reasoning103k69k
Time per task (AA Index)40 min24 min
Output speed56 tok/s71 tok/s
Time to first answer99.0 s55.1 s
Time to a complete answer218.1 s147.2 s

Per token is not per task: an average task of Artificial Analysis' Intelligence Index cost $0.583 on GLM 5.3 Flash and $7.77 on Grok 4.7 (xhigh), and GLM 5.3 Flash wrote 1.3× as many output tokens for the same work.

Each model is compared at its best-ranked reasoning-effort setting. GLM 5.3 Flash scores 56.8 and takes 99 s to its first answer token; GLM 5.3 Flash (max) scores 54.2 in 99 s. Grok 4.7 (xhigh) scores 58.3 and takes 55 s to its first answer token; Grok 4.7 (high) scores 57.7 in 31 s, Grok 4.7 (low) scores 56.0 in 9 s. Higher effort means more thinking before the answer: better scores, longer waits and more tokens billed. How reasoning effort changes scores and cost.

Every benchmark

137 benchmarks, grouped by category; each name links to the board and its leaders. † measured at another effort setting of the same model, shown for reference and not counted as a win.

MetricPublisherGLM 5.3 FlashGrok 4.7 (xhigh)
BenchLeader IndexBenchLeader56.858.3
Agents & tools scoreBenchLeader59.756.9
Coding scoreBenchLeader57.461.5
Composite scoreBenchLeader45.1–
Human preference scoreBenchLeader66.662.3
Knowledge scoreBenchLeader46.061.1
Long context scoreBenchLeader64.863.1
Maths scoreBenchLeader68.555.9
Multimodal scoreBenchLeader63.855.7
Reasoning scoreBenchLeader49.156.4
Blended price $/MBenchLeader$0.238$3.00
Output speedBenchLeader56 tok/s71 tok/s
Time to first answerBenchLeader99.0 s55.1 s
Context windowBenchLeader1,000,000 tokens500,000 tokens
Reasoning
GPQA DiamondEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub90.2%†92.7%
Arena Hard PromptsArena (LMArena)15021463
LiveBench 2.0 ReasoningLiveBench77.6%82.7%†
LiveBench 1.0 ReasoningLiveBench77.6%82.7%
GPQA Diamond (AA)Artificial Analysis91.2%–
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)Artificial Analysis39.9%43.1%
HLE-Diamond (AA)Artificial Analysis18.2%23.2%
GPQA Diamond (Vals)Vals AI86.4%†–
ARC-AGI-1ARC Prize91.0%†89.5%
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize65.8%†61.4%
ARC-AGI-3ARC Prize–7.0%
CritPtArtificial Analysis15.4%17.7%
CritPt v2 hard subset (AA)Artificial Analysis24.5%33.5%
MysteryMechanismVals AI–25.2%
Chess PuzzlesEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub21.0%†41.0%
Mystery Game PuzzlesEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub8.0%†29.0%
LMCAEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub–49.4%
DTBenchEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub–96.0%
BTF-3Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub14.9%–
Coding
SciCodeSciCode51.6%57.4%
FrontierCodeCognition31.8%†47.6%†
Arena CodingArena (LMArena)15261494
Arena WebDevArena (LMArena)16071638
LiveBench 2.0 CodingLiveBench80.6%84.5%†
LiveBench 1.0 CodingLiveBench79.0%77.2%
Show all 137 benchmarks
MetricPublisherGLM 5.3 FlashGrok 4.7 (xhigh)
Coding
LiveCodeBenchVals AI80.5%†–
IOIVals AI52.5%†57.7%
SWE-bench (Vals)Vals AI92.0%†–
Code MigrationVals AI20.5%†44.8%
Code Migration v1.1Vals AI51.6%†53.2%
ProgramBenchVals AI0.0%†0.5%
SWE-bench MultimodalVals AI–42.9%
Vibe Code Bench 1-100Vals AI16.0%†–
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Vals AI30.8%†86.2%
Surface Evolver BenchEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub52.5%†–
DeepSWE v1.1Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub63.4%†–
CursorBenchCursor36.8%†46.3%
ALE-BenchEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub303.6†–
FrontierSWEEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub18.1%†29.5%
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA)Artificial Analysis32.8%25.8%
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA)Artificial Analysis84.3%–
Startrise FrontendStartrise–75.9%†
GameBench 2 OverallDuelLab GameBench 255.263.4†
GameBench 2 by reasoning settingDuelLab GameBench 257.5†71.5
FrontierCode 1.1 (AA)Artificial Analysis41.0%33.8%
FrontierCode 2.0 (AA)Artificial Analysis17.6%28.7%
Agents & tools
Terminal-BenchTerminal-Bench35.8%†37.6%
APEX-AgentsMercor52.8%54.6%†
Arena AgentArena (LMArena)-2.42.7
LiveBench Long AgenticLiveBench19.0%46.1%†
LiveBench BrowserLiveBench59.8%49.3%†
LiveBench Agentic CodingLiveBench56.8%54.0%
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)Vals AI62.9%†73.4%
GDPval-AA v2.1, normalised scoreArtificial Analysis57.1%60.7%
GDPval-AA v2.1Artificial Analysis16491718
τ³-Banking (AA)Artificial Analysis47.2%–
ITBench SRE (AA)Artificial Analysis51.2%42.1%
Analyst Agent (AA)Artificial Analysis25.0%52.5%
CyberBenchVals AI67.9%†69.5%
Finance Agent v2Vals AI57.9%†52.3%
Finance Agent v2.1Vals AI60.6%†60.6%
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark v1.1Vals AI10.4%†18.3%
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark v1Vals AI6.7%†12.5%
Legal Research BenchVals AI45.2%†47.1%
Robo-benchVals AI–0.2%
SkillsBenchVals AI40.2%†–
SREBenchVals AI0.8%†3.8%
Tax Agent BenchVals AI31.6%†34.2%
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Vals)Vals AI37.4%†28.8%
Terminal-Bench ScienceVals AI2.9%†10.0%
Vending-Bench 2Andon Labs–10536.8†
AutomationBenchArtificial Analysis60.4%65.6%
GDP.pdf (AA)Artificial Analysis15.4%20.0%
Harvey LAB-AA v1.1Harvey0.8%9.4%
EnterpriseOps-GymArtificial Analysis33.2%–
AA-Briefcase v1.1Artificial Analysis14511637
GDPxGDPx by SemiAnalysis–3.9%
Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 (AA)Artificial Analysis4.8%11.4%
CWE-Bench (AA)Artificial Analysis55.8%68.3%
DeepSec-Bench (AA)Artificial Analysis19.9%26.9%
CyberGym end-to-end (AA)Artificial Analysis74.0%74.0%
Maths
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub55.8%†53.0%
FrontierMath Tier 4Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub17.1%†17.1%
OTIS Mock AIMEEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub93.9%†98.1%
ProofBenchVals AI21.0%†26.0%†
LiveBench MathematicsLiveBench81.2%95.7%
Arena MathsArena (LMArena)15031443
Knowledge
SimpleQA VerifiedEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub–56.0%
LiveBench 2.0 Data AnalysisLiveBench76.4%76.9%†
LiveBench ResearchLiveBench70.1%86.4%†
LiveBench 1.0 Data AnalysisLiveBench76.4%76.9%
AA-Omniscience v1.1Artificial Analysis0.731.2
MMLU-ProVals AI86.1%†–
LegalBenchVals AI83.9%†84.4%
TaxEvalVals AI75.6%†–
PRBench LegalScale AI SEAL–47.6%
BioMysteryBenchVals AI–69.3%
Excel Modeling BenchmarkVals AI55.9%†67.0%
Excel Modeling Benchmark v1.1Vals AI66.3%†71.5%
MedCodeVals AI–49.5%
MedScribeVals AI88.9%†89.4%
Public Benefits Bench v1.1Vals AI–65.6%
GDP.pdfEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub14.0%†22.8%
AA-Omniscience v1.1: accuracyArtificial Analysis28.2%42.7%
AA-Omniscience v1.1: non-hallucinationArtificial Analysis61.6%80.0%
HealthBench Professional (AA)OpenAI–55.8%
Instruction following
LiveBench LanguageLiveBench77.3%80.1%
LiveBench Instruction FollowingLiveBench52.8%75.3%
Arena Instruction FollowingArena (LMArena)14741438
Human preference
Arena TextArena (LMArena)14771441
Arena Creative WritingArena (LMArena)14341419
Arena Multi-turnArena (LMArena)14761432
Arena Longer QueriesArena (LMArena)14821452
Multimodal
Arena VisionArena (LMArena)12941231
LiveBench DesignLiveBench77.2%78.0%†
MMMU-ProArtificial Analysis–78.2%†
MMMU-Pro (Vals)Vals AI86.0%†–
SAGEVals AI89.3%†88.7%
Blueprint-Bench 2Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub–32.5%†
Code2Video-AAArtificial Analysis9751127
AA-3DArtificial Analysis937995
Long context
AA-LCR v1.1Artificial Analysis80.0%76.7%
MLCRArtificial Analysis11.7%20.0%
Composite
Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub153.6156.1†
LiveBench 2.0LiveBench62.1%70.1%†
LiveBench 1.0LiveBench71.6%77.4%
AA Intelligence Index v5.0Artificial Analysis27.835.5
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2Artificial Analysis41.846.5
AA Progress Index v1Artificial Analysis318.6322.7
Vals IndexVals AI50.9†58.6
Vals Finance IndexVals AI55.8%†58.5%
Vals RSI IndexVals AI–20.2%
Vals Science IndexVals AI–34.8%
Vals Router IndexVals AI50.9%58.6%†
AA Cyber IndexArtificial Analysis49.956.4
Safety & honesty
FORTRESSScale AI SEAL26.7%–
Metadata
AA Openness IndexArtificial Analysis44.4–

Data as of 2026-11-06. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.

DuelLab GameBench 2, release gb2-20261103-09b2218cbd85 (https://benchmarks.duellab.org/releases/gb2-20261103-09b2218cbd85/), CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Scores mapped to BenchLeader model names; not endorsed by DuelLab.

What changed

  • GLM 5.3 Flash: 1 new result (FORTRESS).
  • GLM 5.3 Flash: 2 score revisions; GLM 5.3 Flash cached input price moved from $0.034/M to $0.030/M (13% down).
  • Grok 4.7 (xhigh): 2 score revisions.
  • GLM 5.3 Flash: GLM 5.3 Flash cached input price moved from $0.030/M to $0.034/M (15% up).
  • Grok 4.7 (xhigh): 2 score revisions.
  • GLM 5.3 Flash: GLM 5.3 Flash cached input price moved from $0.034/M to $0.030/M (13% down).
  • GLM 5.3 Flash: GLM 5.3 Flash cached input price moved from $0.030/M to $0.034/M (15% up).
  • GLM 5.3 Flash: BenchLeader Index 57.6 → 56.7.
  • GLM 5.3 Flash: 2 new results (AA Intelligence Index v5.0, FrontierCode 2.0 (AA)).
  • GLM 5.3 Flash: 1 new result (CritPt v2 hard subset (AA)); 1 score revision.

Rankings: Best LLM overall · Best LLM for agents · Best cheap LLMs

GLM 5.3 Flash vs Grok 4.7: questions

Is GLM 5.3 Flash better than Grok 4.7?
GLM 5.3 Flash and Grok 4.7 (xhigh) are neck and neck on quality (56.8 vs 58.3, within the ±5.2 margin). The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; the two are within the margin of error as of 6 Nov 2026, so check the category scores for your use.
GLM 5.3 Flash vs Grok 4.7: which is cheaper, and will that change?
GLM 5.3 Flash is cheaper today: $0.238 against $3.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token. No price change has been announced for either.
Is GLM 5.3 Flash or Grok 4.7 better for coding?
Grok 4.7 scores higher in coding (62 vs 57 on the category index, where 50 is average). On Arena WebDev, the top shared coding benchmark, it is 1607 for GLM 5.3 Flash against 1638 for Grok 4.7.
Which is faster, GLM 5.3 Flash or Grok 4.7?
Grok 4.7 streams faster (71 vs 56 output tokens per second, Artificial Analysis 7-day median).
Is GLM 5.3 Flash or Grok 4.7 better for agents and tool use?
GLM 5.3 Flash scores higher in agentic tasks (60 vs 57 on the category index, where 50 is average). On Arena Agent, the top shared agents & tools benchmark, it is -2.4 for GLM 5.3 Flash against 2.7 for Grok 4.7.
More questions (4)
Which is better for long documents?
GLM 5.3 Flash scores higher on long-context benchmarks (65 vs 63). GLM 5.3 Flash accepts more context: 1,000,000 against 500,000 tokens for Grok 4.7.
Which has lower latency?
Grok 4.7 answers first: 55.1 s against 99.0 s to the first answer token, as Artificial Analysis measures it. Reasoning effort drives most of this: a higher setting thinks longer before it answers.
Do independent benchmarks agree on GLM 5.3 Flash vs Grok 4.7?
Across the 47 benchmarks both have, GLM 5.3 Flash leads 14, Grok 4.7 leads 32 and 1 is a tie. Independent sources split: GLM 5.3 Flash leads on Arena Text; Grok 4.7 leads on AA Intelligence Index v5.0 and Vals Index.
When was Grok 4.7 released?
Grok 4.7 was released on 21 Sep 2026.