GLM-5.3 (Low) vs Mistral Small 3.1

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.3 (Low) by Z AI or Mistral Small 3.1 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 Small 3.1Off the frontier

Intelligence: 7.10
Total cost: $27.8

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.3 (Low) scores 27.2 points higher (34.3 vs 7.1) but costs 36× as much to run the benchmark ($1013 vs $27.8; premium vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GLM-5.3 (Low) when you need intelligence above 7.1, and Mistral Small 3.1 when 7.1 is enough.

Metric	GLM-5.3 (Low)	Mistral Small 3.1	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	34.3	7.1	−79.3% Mistral Small 3.1 is 79.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$1,012.50	$27.82	−97.3% Mistral Small 3.1 is 97.3% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	31.07s	11.25s	−63.8% Mistral Small 3.1 is 63.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$0.08 / $0.14
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Mistral Small 3.1 vs GLM-5.3 (Low): 79.3% less intelligence, 97.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 63.8% 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 Small 3.1 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.

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