--- title: "Is GLM 4.7 Flash still undominated? · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/check/z-ai__glm-4.7-flash/ description: "GLM 4.7 Flash: whether it is still undominated. If anything in this catalogue is both better and cheaper, it is named, as of Oct 6, 2026. Unrated stays unrated." --- # Is GLM 4.7 Flash still undominated? · Undominated.ai > GLM 4.7 Flash: whether it is still undominated. If anything in this catalogue is both better and cheaper, it is named, as of Oct 6, 2026. Unrated stays unrated. # Is GLM 4.7 Flash a good deal? Whether anything in this catalogue beats GLM 4.7 Flash on both quality and price, and what you give up if it does. A computation on the current catalogue, not an opinion. 12 undominated of 145 · Oct 6, 2026 [1 · Choose & set workload](#check-input)[2 · Read verdict](#check-verdict)[3 · Inspect alternatives](#check-options) As of Oct 6, 2026, GLM 4.7 Flash is dominated for Balanced on LMArena. Gemma 4 26B A4B scores 83.0 higher and costs 13% less, with a covering envelope. 12 of 145 rated, priced standard models are undominated. [Inspect model evidence](/models/z-ai__glm-4.7-flash/) [Compare differences & requirements](/compare/?models=z-ai%2Fglm-4.7-flash%2Cgoogle%2Fgemma-4-26b-a4b-it) Current model GLM 4.7 Flash Balanced 3 tokens in per 1 out Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic Monthly spend (USD) Used only to say how many months a named switching cost would take to earn back. Leave blank to skip. Switching cost (USD) Gemma 4 26B A4B is both better and cheaper than GLM 4.7 Flash: 83.0 points higher on LMArena and 13% less per million tokens, $0.018 cheaper at this mix. [GLM 4.7 Flash](https://undominated.ai/models/z-ai__glm-4.7-flash/) LMArena Elo · higher is better Scale starts at 1040 Elo ** 1350.9 Effective $/M · Balanced · lower is better ** $0.145/M [Gemma 4 26B A4B](https://undominated.ai/models/google__gemma-4-26b-a4b-it/) LMArena Elo · higher is better Scale starts at 1040 Elo ** 1433.9 Effective $/M · Balanced · lower is better ** $0.127/M GLM 4.7 Flash takes text, returns up to 117,964 tokens from a 200,000-token context, and is listed by 3 sellers. Compared against 145 rated, priced models on this lens: 2 models dominate it and give up nothing, 4 more dominate it but give something up. GLM 4.7 Flash scores 1350.9 at $0.145 per million tokens for this mix. ## Envelope-safe replacements Each row scores at least as high, costs no more, and covers this model’s context, output, modalities, tools, and reasoning. A cheaper narrower model is not listed here. | Model | LMArena | Effective $/M | You save | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Gemma 4 26B A4B](/models/google__gemma-4-26b-a4b-it/) | 1433.9 +83.0 | $0.127/M | 13% | | [DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4-flash/) | 1432.1 +81.2 | $0.113/M | 22% | ## Higher score, lower price, named losses Not a drop-in. The loss is why these are not a recommendation. | Model | LMArena | Effective $/M | You give up | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Qwen3.5-Flash](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-flash-02-23/) | 1397.0 | $0.114/M | max output | | [Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507](/models/qwen__qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507/) | 1384.1 | $0.143/M | reasoning | | [gpt-oss-120b](/models/openai__gpt-oss-120b/) | 1365.4 | $0.065/M | context | | [Gemma 3 27B](/models/google__gemma-3-27b-it/) | 1357.8 | $0.100/M | context, reasoning | 145 rated, priced standard models. Chartreuse is the frontier. Cobalt is the model you named, when it is not on the staircase. Copy watch URL [Open the frontier](/frontier/) The link keeps the model and mix, using the current catalogue. Monthly spend and switching cost stay in this browser tab and are left out of the link. ## Saved decision references Save the model, workload, catalogue date and capability-preservation rule in this browser. Spend, switching cost and bill contents are not saved. No account or notifications. Constraint: replacements must preserve the model’s capabilities; any losses remain named trade-offs. Historical decisions cannot be fully replayed from saved references: past prices, scores and capability evidence are not stored. Save this reference ## Continue your investigation - [Build a shortlist](/compare/) - [Inspect alternatives](/alternatives/) - [Check billing conditions](/traps/) - [Read model evidence](/models/)