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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs GLM 5 Turbo

Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral AI) and GLM 5 Turbo (Z.ai) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, GLM 5 Turbo holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#39 vs #40); GLM 5 Turbo is 1.9× cheaper per output token ($4.00/1M vs $7.50/1M); and Mistral Medium 3.5 offers the longer context window (262K vs 203K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 if…

  • you need the longer context window — 262K tokens against 203K.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Mistral Medium 3.5 was listed 30 April 2026, GLM 5 Turbo 15 March 2026.

Choose GLM 5 Turbo if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #39 against #40 (55.0 vs 54.0 points).
  • API cost matters — $4.00/1M output tokens against $7.50/1M, about 1.9× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $1.20/1M against $1.50/1M.
  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 39.1 against 30.4.

Mistral Medium 3.5 vs GLM 5 Turbo: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Mistral Medium 3.5 and GLM 5 Turbo
FieldMistral Medium 3.5Mistral AIGLM 5 TurboZ.ai
ModelCap Index position#40#39
Index score54.055.0
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$1.50$1.20
Output price / 1M tokens$7.50$4.00
Context window262K tokens203K tokens
Max output tokens—131K
API providers listed11
Weight accessAPI onlyAPI only
Input modalitiesText, Image, FileText
First listed30 April 202615 March 2026
PublisherMistral AIZ.ai

Evidence: 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards · 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs GLM 5 Turbo

Public benchmark boards where Mistral Medium 3.5 or GLM 5 Turbo has a published result
BoardMistral Medium 3.5GLM 5 TurboLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14791468–1490—Only one result
LMArena AgentLMArena-7.0%-9.0%–-5.0%—Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis30.4intelligence-index39.1intelligence-indexGLM 5 Turbo

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs GLM 5 Turbo: common questions

Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than GLM 5 Turbo?

GLM 5 Turbo ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #39 against #40. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Mistral Medium 3.5 cheaper than GLM 5 Turbo?

GLM 5 Turbo is cheaper on output tokens: $4.00/1M against $7.50/1M. Input tokens are $1.50/1M for Mistral Medium 3.5 and $1.20/1M for GLM 5 Turbo. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Medium 3.5 or GLM 5 Turbo?

Mistral Medium 3.5 has the larger context window: 262K tokens against 203K.

Which is better for coding, Mistral Medium 3.5 or GLM 5 Turbo?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Mistral Medium 3.5 and GLM 5 Turbo open-weight models?

Mistral Medium 3.5: API only. GLM 5 Turbo: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Mistral Medium 3.5 and GLM 5 Turbo?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Mistral Medium 3.5 and 1 for GLM 5 Turbo, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Mistral Medium 3.5 vs GLM 5 Turbo comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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