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GLM-5vsMistral Medium 3.5

GLM-5 leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. GLM-5 is 2.1x cheaper per token. Mistral Medium 3.5 has the larger context window (256K tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
2 – 0
GLM-5 leads
Cheaper per token
GLM-5
2.1x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Mistral Medium 3.5
256K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 100%
Z.ai · Mistral AI
GLM-5
Z.ai
text
Context
200K
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$1
Output /1M
$3.2
Cached /1M
$0.2
Scores
8 · 7 core
Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral AI · released 2026-04-28
textvision
Context
256K
Max out
Input /1M
$1.5
Output /1M
$7.5
Cached /1M
$0.15
Scores
3 · 2 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGLM-5Mistral Medium 3.5ΔEdge
Reported by both · 2
SWE-bench Verified77.8% 77.6% +0.2 ptGLM-5
LMArena Elo1446.3 1420.6 +25.7GLM-5
Only GLM-5 reports · 6
GPQA Diamond87.8% epochnot reported
AIME 202596.7% matharenanot reported
AIME 202696.7% matharenanot reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)80% epochnot reported
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)72.1% epochnot reported
Terminal-Bench 2.056.2% not reported
Only Mistral Medium 3.5 reports · 1
Tau3 Telecomnot reported91.4
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GLM-5 minus Mistral Medium 3.5 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecGLM-5Mistral Medium 3.5Edge
Context window200K tokens256K tokensMistral Medium 3.5
Max output131K tokens
Input price / 1M$1 $1.5 GLM-5
Output price / 1M$3.2 $7.5 GLM-5
Cached input / 1M$0.2 $0.15 Mistral Medium 3.5
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$4.2$9GLM-5
Modalitiestexttext · visionMistral Medium 3.5
Released2026-04-28
Cited benchmark scores83
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