# GLM-4.5V vs Mistral Small 3.1

> GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3.1 costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5V's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-4-5v-vs-mistral-small-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 9 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GLM-4.5V leads 34.7 to 13.7.
- Mistral Small 3.1 is cheaper at $0.35 / $0.56 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $1.80 for GLM-4.5V.
- Mistral Small 3.1 accepts more context: 128K tokens versus 64K.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-4.5V | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.2 | 31.4 |
| Rank | 158 | 263 |
| Context | 64K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.60 | $0.35 |
| Output $/M | $1.80 | $0.56 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- GLM-4.5V: 38.9 (#152)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 37.7 (#175)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1347 | 1309 |

## Reasoning

- GLM-4.5V: 26.5 (#118)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 18.9 (#249)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 1278 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 59.8% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.48 |

## Math

- GLM-4.5V: 34.7 (#157)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 13.7 (#295)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1353 | 1261 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 3.9% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.8% |

## Knowledge

- GLM-4.5V: 36.8 (#155)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#266)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1353 | 1258 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 61% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 39.2% |

## Multimodal

- GLM-4.5V: 33.6 (#86)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 32.6 (#93)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1154 | 1136 |

## Multilingual

- GLM-4.5V: 44.9 (#172)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 41.4 (#204)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1304 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1338 | 1254 |
| LMArena Russian | 1299 | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1335 | 1283 |
| LMArena French | — | 1270 |
| LMArena German | — | 1266 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1210 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1206 |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-4.5V: 69.4 (#170)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 63.8 (#225)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1311 | 1264 |
| IFEval | — | 75% |

## Long Context

- GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#166)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#172)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1305 | 1300 |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-4.5V: 52.7 (#162)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 37.2 (#254)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1333 | 1278 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1295 | 1253 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1333 | 1270 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 761 |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-4.5V better than Mistral Small 3.1?

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3.1 costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5V's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5V or Mistral Small 3.1?

Mistral Small 3.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.35 per million input tokens and $0.56 per million output tokens; GLM-4.5V lists at $0.60 and $1.80.

### Is GLM-4.5V or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?

GLM-4.5V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Small 3.1 does, with 128K tokens against 64K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Mistral Small 3.1 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.