Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)
This page compares GLM-5.2 (Zhipu) and Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 (Mistral) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 wins on output price at $2/1M. GLM-5.2 has the larger context window (1M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.
Mistral
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (mistralai/mistral-medium-3). Preview until a second source matches.
Instant pairwise benchmark recalculation across 400+ LLMs
Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.
Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy
Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness
Cost per million tokens and max context window length
Each spoke is a skill. Farther from the center is better (0–100th percentile). Tap any dot to inspect details.
No shared data
No shared data
$1.74/1M cheaper
Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 is estimated to save $53.75/month ($645/year).
Need SWE-bench on both sides.
Lower output list price ($2/1M).
Need TTFT on both sides.
Larger window (1M).
GLM-5.2 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.
| Target Workload | Recommended Pick | Evaluation Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Repo / coding agents | insufficient data | Need SWE-bench on both sides. |
| High-volume chat | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 | Lower output list price ($2/1M). |
| Voice / low-latency UI | insufficient data | Need TTFT on both sides. |
| Long-document RAG | GLM-5.2 | Larger window (1M). |
| Screenshots / vision | GLM-5.2 | GLM-5.2 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog. |
GLM-5.2 undercuts GLM 5V Turbo by 74.2% on input at $0.31/1M, with 1,492 Elo and 69.3% SWE-bench in dated 2026 snapshots.
Strong Chinese/English coding. 5.3 is the new row; 5.2 stays so the delta is visible.
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