GLM-5.2 (Max) vs Mistral Large 3

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.2 (Max) by Z AI or Mistral Large 3 by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.

Trade-off

Z AIGLM-5.2 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 33.70
Total cost: $2097

MistralMistral Large 3Off the frontier

Intelligence: 9.30
Total cost: $46.4

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.2 (Max) scores 24.4 points higher (33.7 vs 9.3) but costs 45× as much to run the benchmark ($2097 vs $46.4; flagship vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GLM-5.2 (Max) when you need intelligence above 9.3, and Mistral Large 3 when 9.3 is enough.

Metric	GLM-5.2 (Max)	Mistral Large 3	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	33.7	9.3	−72.4% Mistral Large 3 is 72.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,097.29	$46.41	−97.8% Mistral Large 3 is 97.8% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	30.10s	7.18s	−76.1% Mistral Large 3 is 76.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$0.50 / $1.50
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Mistral Large 3 vs GLM-5.2 (Max): 72.4% less intelligence, 97.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 76.1% 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.
Mistral Large 3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.

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