Model comparison

GLM-4.5 vs Mistral

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where GLM-4.5 leads 74.1 to 52.6.
  • GLM-4.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.5 and Mistral specifications
GLM-4.5Mistral
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Mistral AI
Noometry Index42.029.9
Released2025-07-27—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2722

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Mistral
LMArena Coding14341162
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)54.2%—
WeirdML40.6%—
ALE-Bench344.82—
AlgoTune1.52—

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Mistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14291149
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%—

Math GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Mistral
LMArena Math14271180
Omni-MATH—7.2%

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Mistral
LMArena Expert14331125
Humanity's Last Exam8.3%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
Confabulations11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Mistral
LMArena Non-English14171129
LMArena Chinese14651109
LMArena French14181180
LMArena German14071155
LMArena Japanese14151013
LMArena Korean13801032
LMArena Russian14141168
LMArena Spanish14541143

Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Mistral
LMArena Instruction Following14041152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Mistral
LMArena Longer Query14121153
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Mistral
LMArena Text14301165
LMArena Creative Writing13951158
LMArena Multi-Turn14151147
Short-Story Creative Writing73.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1343—
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5 better than Mistral?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5 or Mistral better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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