# GLM-4.5 vs Mistral Medium 3.5

> GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-4-5-vs-mistral-medium-3-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 5 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-4.5 leads 28.6 to 17.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 57.9% for GLM-4.5 and 41.4% for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- GLM-4.5 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.0 | 40.2 |
| Rank | 122 | 152 |
| Context | 131K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.60 | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | $2.20 | $7.50 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1434 | 1461 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 54.2% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |
| WeirdML | 40.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 344.82 | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.52 | — |

## Reasoning

- GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.9% | 41.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1436 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |

## Math

- GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1427 | 1431 |

## Knowledge

- GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1433 | 1432 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 11.3% | — |

## Multimodal

- GLM-4.5: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |

## Multilingual

- GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1417 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1418 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1407 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1380 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1414 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1415 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1404 | 1415 |

## Long Context

- GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1412 | 1415 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 58.3% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1430 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1395 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1415 | 1423 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.4% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1343 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-4.5 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5 or Mistral Medium 3.5?

GLM-4.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

### Is GLM-4.5 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Medium 3.5 does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.