Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Mistral Small 3.1

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 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-4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.1 Mistral AI

31.7

Rank #269 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 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 knowledge, where GLM-4.7 leads 47.0 to 22.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 83.3% for GLM-4.7 and 3.9% for Mistral Small 3.1.
  • Mistral Small 3.1 is cheaper at $0.35 / $0.56 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.7.
  • GLM-4.7 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

GLM-4.7 and Mistral Small 3.1 specifications
GLM-4.7Mistral Small 3.1
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Mistral AI
Noometry Index42.031.7
Released2025-12-222025-03-17
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K128K
Max output131K102K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$0.35
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$0.56
Results tracked3628

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Coding14541309
LMArena WebDev1435—
SciCode45.1%—
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), Mistral Small 3.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Mistral Small 3.1
Terminal-Bench33.4%—
Vending-Bench 22,377—

Reasoning GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Mistral Small 3.1
Chess Puzzles6%1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431278
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51127.48
SimpleBench47.7%—
CritPt1.7%—

Math GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Mistral Small 3.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.3%3.9%
LMArena Math14231262
ProofBench6%—
Omni-MATH—24.8%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Mistral Small 3.1
GPQA Diamond83.3%41.9%
LMArena Expert14241257
SimpleQA Verified32.2%—
MMLU-Pro—61%
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—
GPQA (HELM)—39.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.7: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Vision—1136

Multilingual GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Non-English14171255
LMArena Chinese14951253
LMArena French14321273
LMArena German14241266
LMArena Japanese14391208
LMArena Korean13991206
LMArena Russian14231263
LMArena Spanish14341283

Instruction Following GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Instruction Following14111264
IFEval—75%

Long Context GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Longer Query14321299
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.7 leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Text14351277
LMArena Creative Writing14011253
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413761
LMArena Multi-Turn14461270
WildBench—78.8%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Mistral Small 3.1?

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 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-4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 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-4.7 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

Is GLM-4.7 or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 38.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-4.7 does, with 205K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Mistral Small 3.1 share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.

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