# GLM-5 vs Mistral Medium 3.5

> GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-5-vs-mistral-medium-3-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-5 leads 49.0 to 36.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 74.8% for GLM-5 and 12.9% for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- GLM-5 is cheaper at $1 / $3.20 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 205K.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 46.1 | 40.2 |
| Rank | 66 | 152 |
| Context | 205K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $1 | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | $3.20 | $7.50 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- GLM-5: 49.0 (#52)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1434 | 1264 |
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1461 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.1% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 72.8% | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 69.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 48.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 765.62 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GLM-5: 31.1 (#71)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 52.4% | — |
| τ²-bench Airline | 82.5% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 9.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Retail | 73.7% | — |
| τ²-bench Telecom | 86.8% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,432 | — |

## Reasoning

- GLM-5: 27.6 (#116)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.8% | 12.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | 1436 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.83 | 141.35 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| SimpleBench | 53.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 44.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 10% | — |
| ForecastBench | 61 | — |

## Math

- GLM-5: 46.4 (#71)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1440 | 1431 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 65.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 16.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- GLM-5: 52.3 (#64)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | 1432 |
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.1% | — |

## Multimodal

- GLM-5: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |

## Multilingual

- GLM-5: 53.7 (#58)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1445 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1423 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-5: 75.2 (#67)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1428 | 1415 |

## Long Context

- GLM-5: 44.7 (#60)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | 1415 |
| CL-bench | 18.7% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-5: 66.0 (#38)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1446 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1439 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1601 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-5 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, GLM-5 or Mistral Medium 3.5?

GLM-5 is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

### Is GLM-5 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Medium 3.5 does, with 262K tokens against 205K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.