Model comparison

GLM-4.6V vs Magistral Small

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.3

Rank #137 Confirmed

Magistral Small Mistral AI

30.2

Rank #296 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-4.6V leads 27.6 to 6.8.
  • GLM-4.6V is cheaper at $0.30 / $0.90 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $1.50 for Magistral Small.

Side by side

GLM-4.6V and Magistral Small specifications
GLM-4.6VMagistral Small
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Mistral AI
Noometry Index41.330.2
Released2025-12-082025-06-10
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K128K
Max output33K40K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.50
Output $ / M tokens$0.90$1.50
Results tracked1210

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128), Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VMagistral Small
SciCode—35.2%
LMArena Coding1390—

Reasoning GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VMagistral Small
ARC-AGI-2—0%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—6.3%
ARC-AGI-1—5%
CritPt—0.3%
Chess Puzzles—3%
LMArena Hard Prompts1368—
DTBench—61.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—133.19

Math Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: —, Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VMagistral Small
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—30%

Knowledge GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VMagistral Small
GPQA Diamond—56.1%
LMArena Expert1371—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90), Magistral Small: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VMagistral Small
LMArena Vision1164—

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141), Magistral Small: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VMagistral Small
LMArena Non-English1359—
LMArena Chinese1425—
LMArena Russian1340—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151), Magistral Small: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VMagistral Small
LMArena Instruction Following1352—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143), Magistral Small: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VMagistral Small
LMArena Longer Query1358—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137), Magistral Small: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VMagistral Small
LMArena Text1377—
LMArena Creative Writing1347—
LMArena Multi-Turn1360—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6V better than Magistral Small?

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6V or Magistral Small?

GLM-4.6V is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Magistral Small lists at $0.50 and $1.50.

Is GLM-4.6V or Magistral Small better for coding?

GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 128K tokens.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and Magistral Small share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.

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