Model comparison
GLM-4.6 vs Mistral Small 3.1
GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3.1 costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GLM-4.6 leads 39.1 to 14.7.
- Mistral Small 3.1 is cheaper at $0.35 / $0.56 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.6.
- GLM-4.6 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| GLM-4.6 | Mistral Small 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 31.7 |
| Released | 2025-09-30 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 205K | 128K |
| Max output | 131K | 102K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $0.56 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148), Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1449 | 1309 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 55.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1340 | — |
| SciCode | 38.4% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 340.82 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66), Mistral Small 3.1: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 24.5% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 72.4% | — |
Reasoning GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172), Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | 1278 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 47.4% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.48 |
Math GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111), Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1432 | 1262 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 3.9% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.8% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 3.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124), Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | 1257 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 61% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 39.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-4.6: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1136 |
Multilingual GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66), Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1499 | 1253 |
| LMArena French | 1459 | 1273 |
| LMArena German | 1447 | 1266 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1393 | 1208 |
| LMArena Korean | 1400 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1419 | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1436 | 1283 |
Instruction Following GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98), Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1410 | 1264 |
| IFEval | — | 75% |
Long Context GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94), Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1422 | 1299 |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90), Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1440 | 1277 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1253 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1411 | 761 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | 1270 |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.6 better than Mistral Small 3.1?
GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3.1 costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6 or Mistral Small 3.1?
Mistral Small 3.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.35 per million input tokens and $0.56 per million output tokens; GLM-4.6 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.
Is GLM-4.6 or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?
GLM-4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 38.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-4.6 does, with 205K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and Mistral Small 3.1 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.