# GLM-4.5-Air vs Mistral Large 4

> Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5-Air costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-4-5-air-vs-mistral-large-4
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5-Air scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 4 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 33.3.
- GLM-4.5-Air is cheaper at $0.20 / $1.10 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
- GLM-4.5-Air has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-4.5-Air | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 38.9 | 43.1 |
| Rank | 177 | 99 |
| Context | 131K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $0.20 | $0.68 |
| Output $/M | $1.10 | $2.09 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- GLM-4.5-Air: 33.3 (#259)
- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1397 | 1475 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |
| GSO | 2.9% | — |

## Reasoning

- GLM-4.5-Air: 24.1 (#166)
- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1379 | 1444 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 43% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
| ForecastBench | 59.2 | — |

## Math

- GLM-4.5-Air: 36.2 (#170)
- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1396 | 1488 |
| Omni-MATH | 39.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- GLM-4.5-Air: 35.0 (#191)
- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1370 | 1447 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.1% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| MMLU-Pro | 76.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 59.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- GLM-4.5-Air: 49.1 (#135)
- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1366 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1426 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1373 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1399 | — |
| LMArena German | 1377 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1348 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1386 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-4.5-Air: 69.6 (#171)
- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1354 | 1424 |
| IFEval | 81.2% | — |

## Long Context

- GLM-4.5-Air: 41.6 (#135)
- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1366 | 1429 |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-4.5-Air: 55.9 (#139)
- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1384 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1343 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1371 | 1424 |
| WildBench | 78.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-4.5-Air better than Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5-Air costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5-Air or Mistral Large 4?

GLM-4.5-Air is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

### Is GLM-4.5-Air or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5-Air and Mistral Large 4 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5-Air has 27 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.