GLM-5.3 (Low) vs Mistral Large 3

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.3 (Low) by Z AI or Mistral Large 3 by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

Z AIGLM-5.3 (Low)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 34.30
Total cost: $1013

MistralMistral Large 3Off the frontier

Intelligence: 9.30
Total cost: $46.4

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.3 (Low) scores 25.0 points higher (34.3 vs 9.3) but costs 22× as much to run the benchmark ($1013 vs $46.4; premium vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GLM-5.3 (Low) when you need intelligence above 9.3, and Mistral Large 3 when 9.3 is enough.

Metric	GLM-5.3 (Low)	Mistral Large 3	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	34.3	9.3	−72.9% Mistral Large 3 is 72.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$1,012.50	$46.41	−95.4% Mistral Large 3 is 95.4% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	31.17s	7.17s	−77.0% Mistral Large 3 is 77.0% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$0.50 / $1.50
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Mistral Large 3 vs GLM-5.3 (Low): 72.9% less intelligence, 95.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 77.0% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GLM-5.3 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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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