Is GLM-4.5 or Mistral Medium cheaper?

Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.

Which has the larger context window?

Both GLM-4.5 and Mistral Medium ship a 128K-token context window.

Is GLM-4.5 or Mistral Medium better for coding?

Both GLM-4.5 and Mistral Medium are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.

When were GLM-4.5 and Mistral Medium released?

GLM-4.5 was released by Other on 2025-07-28. Mistral Medium was released by Mistral on 2024-12-18.

Is GLM-4.5 or Mistral Medium cheaper?

Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.

Which has the larger context window?

Both GLM-4.5 and Mistral Medium ship a 128K-token context window.

Is GLM-4.5 or Mistral Medium better for coding?

Both GLM-4.5 and Mistral Medium are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.

When were GLM-4.5 and Mistral Medium released?

GLM-4.5 was released by Other on 2025-07-28. Mistral Medium was released by Mistral on 2024-12-18.

GLM-4.5 vs Mistral Medium

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

UpdatedApr 30, 2026

GLM-4.5 specs · Mistral Medium specs

Verdict by category

PriceMistral Medium
Mistral Medium publishes pricing ($2.00 / 1M output tokens) while GLM-4.5 does not.
Context windowTie
Both ship a 128K-token context window.
BenchmarksTie
No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.
ModalitiesGLM-4.5
GLM-4.5 supports 2 modalities (text, vision) vs 1 for Mistral Medium.
OpennessGLM-4.5
GLM-4.5 ships open weights (MIT); Mistral Medium is API-only.

On balance GLM-4.5 edges ahead, winning 2 of 5 categories against Mistral Medium's 1. Mistral Medium publishes pricing ($2.00 / 1M output tokens) while GLM-4.5 does not. Both ship a 128K-token context window.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, GLM-4.5 handles text, vision while Mistral Medium handles text, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. GLM-4.5 ships open weights (MIT); Mistral Medium is API-only.

GLM-4.5 is the newer of the two, released 7 months after Mistral Medium, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. GLM-4.5 is usually picked for chinese llm and open source llm workloads, while Mistral Medium sees more deployments in customer support and chatbots. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

Spec	GLM-4.5	Mistral Medium
Provider	Other	Mistral
Released	Jul 2025	Dec 2024
Modalities	text, vision	text
Context window	128K tokens	128K tokens
Max output	,	,
Input · 1M	Pricing not published	$0.40 / 1M tokens
Output · 1M	Pricing not published	$2.00 / 1M tokens
Knowledge cutoff	,	,
Open weights	Yes (MIT)	No
API available	Yes	Yes

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day, vs $4.20
Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day, vs $42.00
RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day, vs $72.00

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

Input tokens / dayOutput tokens / dayHorizon

GLM-4.5Pricing unavailable
Mistral Medium$0.140

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Benchmark scores not yet available. We only publish numbers we can source from official model cards or independent leaderboards, see methodology.

Pick GLM-4.5 if

GLM-4.5 fits when…

MIT license
Strong Chinese
Multimodal
Self-hosting and on-prem requirements, open weights (MIT).
Multimodal needs covering vision.

Pick Mistral Medium if

Mistral Medium fits when…

Mid-tier balance
EU-friendly

Don't want either?

Consider DBRX

Databricks' 132B MoE, a notable 2024 open-weight release tuned for enterprise.

See DBRX specs GLM-4.5 vs DBRX Mistral Medium vs DBRX

Frequently asked

Is GLM-4.5 or Mistral Medium cheaper?
Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.
Which has the larger context window?
Both GLM-4.5 and Mistral Medium ship a 128K-token context window.
Is GLM-4.5 or Mistral Medium better for coding?
Both GLM-4.5 and Mistral Medium are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
Are either of these models open source?
GLM-4.5 ships open weights (MIT). Mistral Medium is API-only.
When were GLM-4.5 and Mistral Medium released?
GLM-4.5 was released by Other on 2025-07-28. Mistral Medium was released by Mistral on 2024-12-18.

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