GLM-5.2 (Max) vs Mistral Medium 3.5

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.2 (Max) by Z AI or Mistral Medium 3.5 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 Medium 3.5Off the frontier

Intelligence: 14.20
Total cost: $1264

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.2 (Max) scores 19.5 points higher (33.7 vs 14.2) but costs 1.7× as much to run the benchmark ($2097 vs $1264; flagship vs premium cost classes). Pick GLM-5.2 (Max) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Mistral Medium 3.5.

Metric	GLM-5.2 (Max)	Mistral Medium 3.5	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	33.7	14.2	−57.9% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 57.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,097.29	$1,263.80	−39.7% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 39.7% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	30.10s	17.96s	−40.3% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 40.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$1.50 / $7.50
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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs GLM-5.2 (Max): 57.9% less intelligence, 39.7% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 40.3% 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 Medium 3.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.

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