Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Mistral Large 3

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

50.9

Rank #38 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI

38.6

Rank #172 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.2 leads 42.1 to 14.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 74.3% for GLM-5.2 and 7.5% for Mistral Large 3.
  • Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Mistral Large 3 specifications
GLM-5.2Mistral Large 3
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Mistral AI
Noometry Index50.938.6
Released2026-06-132025-12-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M262K
Max output131K8K
Input $ / M tokens$1.40$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$0.75
Results tracked5024

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 50.9 (#37), Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Large 3
LMArena WebDev16041230
LMArena Coding14841447
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 31.6 (#63), Mistral Large 3: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Large 3
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.1 (#46), Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Large 3
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%7.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14801429
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
CritPt20.9%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
Thematic Generalization—23%
EBR-Bench9.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench93.6%—
LMCA45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.76—

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.4 (#35), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Large 3
LMArena Math14821415
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%—
ProofBench35%—

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#36), Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Large 3
LMArena Expert14841421
GPQA Diamond91.9%—
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.2: —, Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Large 3
LMArena Vision—1222

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 56.0 (#25), Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English14591412
LMArena Chinese15181448
LMArena French14761456
LMArena German14701438
LMArena Japanese14511399
LMArena Korean14451384
LMArena Russian14671412
LMArena Spanish14771437

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 77.1 (#32), Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following14651402

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query14791413

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.7 (#20), Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Large 3
LMArena Text14701427
LMArena Creative Writing14651385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17571412
LMArena Multi-Turn14681429
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Mistral Large 3?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.2 or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is GLM-5.2 or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Mistral Large 3 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 50 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.

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