Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Mistral

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 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 leads 52.3 to 16.6.
  • GLM-5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5 and Mistral specifications
GLM-5Mistral
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Mistral AI
Noometry Index46.129.9
Released2026-02-11—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1—
Output $ / M tokens$3.20—
Results tracked4522

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Mistral
LMArena Coding14611162
SWE-bench Verified72.1%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1434—
SWE-bench Multilingual69.7%—
WeirdML48.2%—
ALE-Bench765.62—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5: 31.1 (#71), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Mistral
Terminal-Bench52.4%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking9.8%—
τ²-bench Retail73.7%—
τ²-bench Telecom86.8%—
Vending-Bench 24,432—

Reasoning GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 27.6 (#116), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Mistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14521149
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.8%—
ARC-AGI-144.7%—
Chess Puzzles10%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.83—
ForecastBench61—

Math GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 46.4 (#71), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Knowledge GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Mistral
LMArena Expert14541125
GPQA Diamond87.8%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%—
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multilingual GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Mistral
LMArena Non-English14301129
LMArena Chinese15111109
LMArena French14551180
LMArena German14451155
LMArena Japanese14161013
LMArena Korean14231032
LMArena Russian14361168
LMArena Spanish14541143

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Mistral
LMArena Instruction Following14281152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Mistral
LMArena Longer Query14461153
CL-bench18.7%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Mistral
LMArena Text14461165
LMArena Creative Writing14391158
LMArena Multi-Turn14561147
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than Mistral?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5 or Mistral better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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