Model comparison
GLM-5 vs Mistral Nemo
GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 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 leads 52.3 to 12.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 87.8% for GLM-5 and 29.9% for Mistral Nemo.
- Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $3.20 for GLM-5.
- GLM-5 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| GLM-5 | Mistral Nemo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 46.1 | 26.4 |
| Released | 2026-02-11 | 2024-07-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 205K | 128K |
| Max output | 131K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.20 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 45 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.1% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 72.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1434 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 69.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 48.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 765.62 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 31.1 (#71), Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 52.4% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.6% |
| τ²-bench Airline | 82.5% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 9.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Retail | 73.7% | — |
| τ²-bench Telecom | 86.8% | — |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,432 | — |
Reasoning GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 27.6 (#116), Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.83 | 118.68 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| SimpleBench | 53.2% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 44.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 10% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | — |
| DTBench | — | 48.6% |
| ForecastBench | 61 | — |
| PIQA | — | 83.5% |
Math GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 46.4 (#71), Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 65.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1440 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10.8% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 16.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 84.2% |
Knowledge GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% | 29.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 82.5% |
Multilingual Not comparable
GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | — |
| LMArena French | 1455 | — |
| LMArena German | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1423 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1428 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 18.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | — |
Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1601 | 881 |
| LMArena Text | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1439 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5 better than Mistral Nemo?
GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5 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 lists at $1 and $3.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5 does, with 205K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Mistral Nemo share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.