GLM 4.7 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Choose GLM 4.7 if you want gLM users wanting a small step up from 4.6. Choose GPT-5.6 Sol if you want hard coding and research tasks for teams in the OpenAI ecosystem.

In our editorial scoring, GPT-5.6 Sol leads in 3 of five dimensions (output quality, agentic ability and reliability), while GLM 4.7 leads in 2. On price, GLM 4.7 runs about $0.81 per 1M tokens (blended) and is open-weight; GPT-5.6 Sol is about $13 and proprietary.

The model is half the story — the agent is the other half

The model picks the moves; the agent runs the loop, the tools, and the guardrails. Once you've chosen a model, see which agent gets the most out of it.