Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Mistral Nemo

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Mistral Nemo Mistral AI

26.4

Rank #337 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 5 categories and Mistral Nemo in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.2 leads 57.1 to 12.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 91.9% for GLM-5.2 and 29.9% for Mistral Nemo.
  • Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Mistral Nemo specifications
GLM-5.2Mistral Nemo
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Mistral AI
Noometry Index51.126.4
Released2026-06-132024-07-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M128K
Max output131K128K
Input $ / M tokens$1.40$0.15
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$0.15
Results tracked5110

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), Mistral Nemo: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Nemo
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
LMArena WebDev1603—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
LMArena Coding1485—
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Nemo
APEX-Agents45.2%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.6%
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
BALROG—17.6%
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52), Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Nemo
DTBench93.6%48.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78118.68
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
CritPt20.9%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1480—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
LMCA45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—
PIQA—83.5%

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Nemo
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%—
ProofBench35%—
LMArena Math1482—
MATH Level 5—10.8%
GSM8K—84.2%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Nemo
GPQA Diamond91.9%29.9%
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
LMArena Expert1486—
BoolQ—82.5%

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), Mistral Nemo: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Nemo
LMArena Non-English1459—
LMArena Chinese1519—
LMArena French1479—
LMArena German1468—
LMArena Japanese1451—
LMArena Korean1445—
LMArena Russian1466—
LMArena Spanish1477—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), Mistral Nemo: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Nemo
LMArena Instruction Following1465—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Mistral Nemo: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Nemo
LMArena Longer Query1479—

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Mistral Nemo
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757881
LMArena Text1470—
LMArena Creative Writing1462—
EQ-Bench 41222—
LMArena Multi-Turn1469—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Mistral Nemo?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 14× 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 Nemo?

Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Mistral Nemo share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.

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