# GLM-4.5 vs Ministral 8B

> GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 6.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-4-5-vs-ministral-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Ministral 8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-4.5 leads 35.9 to 12.6.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.5.
- Ministral 8B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-4.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.0 | 28.2 |
| Rank | 122 | 325 |
| Context | 131K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.60 | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | $2.20 | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125)
- Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1434 | 1202 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 54.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 40.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 344.82 | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.52 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GLM-4.5: —
- Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |

## Reasoning

- GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100)
- Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1191 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.9% | — |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |

## Math

- GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116)
- Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1427 | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |

## Knowledge

- GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179)
- Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1433 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 11.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |

## Multilingual

- GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77)
- Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1417 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1414 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1418 | — |
| LMArena German | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1415 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1380 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104)
- Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1404 | 1161 |

## Long Context

- GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201)
- Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1412 | 1212 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 58.3% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127)
- Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1430 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1395 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1415 | 1166 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.4% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1343 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-4.5 better than Ministral 8B?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 6.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5 or Ministral 8B?

Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; GLM-4.5 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

### Is GLM-4.5 or Ministral 8B better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Ministral 8B does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and Ministral 8B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.