Model comparison

GLM-5.1 vs Mistral

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.1 leads 54.9 to 16.6.
  • GLM-5.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5.1 and Mistral specifications
GLM-5.1Mistral
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Mistral AI
Noometry Index47.829.9
Released2026-04-07—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window200K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked4122

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Mistral
LMArena Coding14851162
SWE-bench Verified74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1508—
SciCode43.8%—
WeirdML57.1%—
ALE-Bench887.1—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Mistral
APEX-Agents40.9%—
ExploitBench18.1%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 25,634—

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Mistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14721149
SimpleBench55.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)77.7%—
CritPt4.6%—
Chess Puzzles19%—
Thematic Generalization69.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.84—

Math GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Mistral
LMArena Expert14761125
GPQA Diamond89.9%—
SimpleQA Verified34%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multilingual GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Mistral
LMArena Non-English14471129
LMArena Chinese15151109
LMArena French14741180
LMArena German14651155
LMArena Japanese14341013
LMArena Korean14181032
LMArena Russian14541168
LMArena Spanish14691143

Instruction Following GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Mistral
LMArena Instruction Following14511152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Mistral
LMArena Longer Query14661153

Writing & Preference GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Mistral
LMArena Text14611165
LMArena Creative Writing14531158
LMArena Multi-Turn14721147
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1592—
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.1 better than Mistral?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.1 or Mistral better for coding?

GLM-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.1 and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.1 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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