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Z.ai GLM 5.2 VS Mistral Mistral Medium 3.1

GLM 5.2 vs Mistral Medium 3.1: which wins at real work?

22 task areas · same graded test runs · rank comparison only, so 0–100 and Elo collections never mix raw scores.

GLM 5.2 wins 22 of 22 task areas we tested; Mistral Medium 3.1 takes 0. Mistral Medium 3.1 costs 1.6× less per token ($2.4 vs $3.76 per 1M).

22
Task areas won
0
74
Avg percentile
23
0
Top-3 finishes
0
$3.76
Price / 1M tokens
$2.4
Z.ai
Provider
Mistral

Mistral Medium 3.1 costs 1.6× less per token ($2.4 vs $3.76 per 1M).

Task by task

Task area GLM 5.2 Mistral Medium 3.1 Winner
RAG, Safety & Grounding #6 / 113
Excellent
#111 / 113
Strong
GLM 5.2
Customer Support #16 / 113
Strong
#110 / 113
Needs editing
GLM 5.2
Content & Brand #19 / 124
Strong
#110 / 124
Needs editing
GLM 5.2
AI Strategy #34 / 126
Strong
#120 / 126
Usable
GLM 5.2
Coding #23 / 115
Strong
#108 / 115
Needs editing
GLM 5.2
Presentations & Decks #25 / 110
Excellent
#105 / 110
Usable
GLM 5.2
Structured Output #25 / 113
Excellent
#91 / 113
Strong
GLM 5.2
Chef / Home Cooking #59 / 126
Usable
#116 / 126
Needs editing
GLM 5.2
Knowledge & Docs #21 / 110
Strong
#77 / 110
Usable
GLM 5.2
Research & Competitive Analysis #50 / 110
Usable
#105 / 110
Weak
GLM 5.2
Creative & Comedy #46 / 110 #100 / 110 GLM 5.2
Sales #39 / 110
Usable
#92 / 110
Usable
GLM 5.2
Executive Assistant #43 / 112
Strong
#94 / 112
Usable
GLM 5.2
Data & Analytics #41 / 110
Excellent
#87 / 110
Excellent
GLM 5.2
Investor & Pitch #24 / 66
Strong
#65 / 66
Needs editing
GLM 5.2
Product & Project Management #11 / 110
Excellent
#50 / 110
Strong
GLM 5.2
Landing Pages #26 / 72
Strong
#63 / 72
Usable
GLM 5.2
Legal & HR #36 / 110
Excellent
#70 / 110
Strong
GLM 5.2
Summarization & Meeting Notes #9 / 110
Excellent
#39 / 110
Excellent
GLM 5.2
Translation & Localization #28 / 110
Excellent
#53 / 110
Excellent
GLM 5.2
Training & Education #29 / 110
Excellent
#47 / 110
Excellent
GLM 5.2
Frontend & Landing Pages #18 / 109
Needs editing
#35 / 109
Needs editing
GLM 5.2

Rank = position among every model config we tested in that task area (lower is better). Sorted by biggest gap first.

Frequently asked

Is GLM 5.2 better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Across 22 task areas we benchmarked, GLM 5.2 ranks higher in 22 and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 0.

Which is cheaper, GLM 5.2 or Mistral Medium 3.1?

Mistral Medium 3.1 costs 1.6× less per token ($2.4 vs $3.76 per 1M).

What is GLM 5.2 better at?

GLM 5.2 out-ranks Mistral Medium 3.1 at RAG, Safety & Grounding, Customer Support, Content & Brand.

Full GLM 5.2 review → Full Mistral Medium 3.1 review → Full model leaderboard →

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12 test cases · 3 evals
Claude Opus
GPT-5
Gemini
v1
7.1
6.8
7.4
v2
8.3
7.9
8.0
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9.2
8.6
8.4
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