Model comparison
GLM-5V-Turbo vs Magistral Medium
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher in 8 categories and Magistral Medium in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 28.5 to 8.7.
- GLM-5V-Turbo is cheaper at $1.20 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- GLM-5V-Turbo accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 128K.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-5V-Turbo | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 34.8 |
| Released | 2026-04-01 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 200K | 128K |
| Max output | 131K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4 | $5 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 41.8 (#105), Magistral Medium: 38.6 (#161)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1467 | 1319 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1400 | — |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 28.5 (#87), Magistral Medium: 8.7 (#342)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 36.6 (#109), Magistral Medium: 32.4 (#187)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1440 | 1249 |
Knowledge GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.9 (#113), Magistral Medium: 32.9 (#199)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1451 | 1222 |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.1 (#41), Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |
Multilingual GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.2 (#69), Magistral Medium: 39.8 (#219)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1488 | 1225 |
| LMArena French | 1443 | 1268 |
| LMArena German | 1422 | 1248 |
| LMArena Korean | 1399 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1432 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1446 | 1269 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1176 |
Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.1 (#75), Magistral Medium: 66.2 (#207)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1422 | 1254 |
Long Context GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#76), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#178)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1439 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.6 (#69), Magistral Medium: 46.5 (#214)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1414 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1432 | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Magistral Medium?
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5V-Turbo or Magistral Medium?
GLM-5V-Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Is GLM-5V-Turbo or Magistral Medium better for coding?
GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5V-Turbo does, with 200K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Magistral Medium share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.