Model comparison
GLM-5.1 vs Ministral 3B
GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.6 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 54× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.1 scores higher in 3 categories and Ministral 3B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.1 leads 55.0 to 10.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 89.9% for GLM-5.1 and 25.3% for Ministral 3B.
- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.04 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.1.
- GLM-5.1 accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| GLM-5.1 | Ministral 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 47.6 | 25.6 |
| Released | 2026-04-07 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 200K | 128K |
| Max output | 131K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.40 | $0.04 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.40 | $0.04 |
| Results tracked | 41 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GLM-5.1: 48.5 (#52), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.2% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1509 | — |
| SciCode | 43.8% | — |
| WeirdML | 57.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1486 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 887.1 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-5.1: 24.8 (#106), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 40.9% | — |
| ExploitBench | 18.1% | — |
| GBAEval | 0% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,634 | — |
Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads
GLM-5.1: 38.2 (#57), Ministral 3B: 17.7 (#278)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 149.86 | 118.08 |
| SimpleBench | 55.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 77.7% | — |
| CritPt | 4.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 19% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 69.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1472 | — |
| DTBench | — | 51.7% |
| LMCA | — | 5.5% |
Math GLM-5.1 leads
GLM-5.1: 49.0 (#48), Ministral 3B: 24.5 (#257)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 36.8% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 67.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 93.3% | — |
| ProofBench | 22.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1472 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.4% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 33.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 12.5% | — |
Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads
GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#45), Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#297)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.9% | 25.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 34% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1477 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
GLM-5.1: 55.2 (#34), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1448 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1516 | — |
| LMArena French | 1478 | — |
| LMArena German | 1466 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1436 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1423 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1453 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1467 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GLM-5.1: 76.5 (#41), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1451 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#51), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1467 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GLM-5.1: 67.2 (#29), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1462 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1454 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1592 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1473 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5.1 better than Ministral 3B?
GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.6 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 54× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5.1 or Ministral 3B?
Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.04 per million output tokens; GLM-5.1 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5.1 does, with 200K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5.1 and Ministral 3B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.1 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.