Model comparison

GLM-5.3 vs Mistral

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.3 leads 58.3 to 16.6.
  • GLM-5.3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5.3 and Mistral specifications
GLM-5.3Mistral
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Mistral AI
Noometry Index54.829.9
Released2026-08-14—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked4222

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Mistral
LMArena Coding14961162
DeepSWE69%—
FrontierCode40.1%—
CursorBench42.6%—
LMArena WebDev1622—
FrontierSWE30.2%—
SciCode59%—
WeirdML75.4%—
ALE-Bench1,317—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Mistral
APEX-Agents56.6%—
Vending-Bench 28,164—

Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Mistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14891149
NYT Connections (extended)74.2%—
CritPt19.1%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
Mystery Game Puzzles33%—
DTBench87.7%—
LMCA55.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.15—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.61—

Math GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Mistral
LMArena Math14891180
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.1%—
ProofBench49%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%

Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Mistral
LMArena Expert15161125
GPQA Diamond90.9%—
SimpleQA Verified41%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Mistral
LMArena Non-English14571129
LMArena Chinese15281109
LMArena French14991180
LMArena German14991155
LMArena Japanese14531013
LMArena Korean14721032
LMArena Russian14631168
LMArena Spanish14601143

Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Mistral
LMArena Instruction Following14771152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Mistral
LMArena Longer Query14821153

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Mistral
LMArena Text14711165
LMArena Creative Writing14571158
LMArena Multi-Turn14721147
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2075—
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.3 better than Mistral?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.3 or Mistral better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3 and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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