Model comparison
GLM-5V-Turbo vs Mistral Small 3
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 33× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 62.5 to 32.2.
- Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
- GLM-5V-Turbo accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 33K.
- Mistral Small 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-5V-Turbo | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-01 | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 200K | 33K |
| Max output | 131K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4 | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 42.1 (#111), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1466 | 1246 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1401 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 29.7 (#89), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1233 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.07 |
Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.4 (#106), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1441 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
Knowledge GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.6 (#117), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1452 | 1202 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.9 (#42), Mistral Small 3: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |
Multilingual GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.0 (#73), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1488 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1444 | 1203 |
| LMArena German | 1423 | 1211 |
| LMArena Korean | 1396 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1431 | 1216 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.0 (#80), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1423 | 1214 |
Long Context GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#80), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1438 | 1246 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.5 (#73), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1432 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Mistral Small 3?
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 33× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5V-Turbo or Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.
Is GLM-5V-Turbo or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5V-Turbo does, with 200K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Mistral Small 3 share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.