GLM-5.2 (Max) vs Ministral 3 14B

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.2 (Max) by Z AI or Ministral 3 14B by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.

Trade-off

Z AIGLM-5.2 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 33.70
Total cost: $2097

MistralMinistral 3 14BOff the frontier

Intelligence: 6.00
Total cost: $37.6

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.2 (Max) scores 27.7 points higher (33.7 vs 6.0) but costs 56× as much to run the benchmark ($2097 vs $37.6; flagship vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GLM-5.2 (Max) when you need intelligence above 6.0, and Ministral 3 14B when 6.0 is enough.

Metric	GLM-5.2 (Max)	Ministral 3 14B	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	33.7	6.0	−82.2% Ministral 3 14B is 82.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,097.29	$37.56	−98.2% Ministral 3 14B is 98.2% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	28.14s	7.71s	−72.6% Ministral 3 14B is 72.6% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$0.20 / $0.20
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Ministral 3 14B vs GLM-5.2 (Max): 82.2% less intelligence, 98.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 72.6% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GLM-5.2 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
Ministral 3 14B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.

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