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Codestral 22B vs GLM-5.1

Mistral
Codestral 22B
Z.ai
GLM-5.1
Overview
CompanyMistralZ.ai
Release dateMay 29 2024Apr 7 2026
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
744B
Context window
200k
Benchmarks
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.0
63.5%
Web browsing
BrowseComp
68%
Science
GPQA Diamond
86.2%
Timeline
Release gapCodestral 22B shipped 678 days before GLM-5.1

Which is better: Codestral 22B or GLM-5.1?

Codestral 22B and GLM-5.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Codestral 22B shipped 678 days before GLM-5.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Codestral 22B is proprietary, while GLM-5.1 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Codestral 22B and GLM-5.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Codestral 22B was released by Mistral on May 29 2024.

GLM-5.1 was released by Z.ai on Apr 7 2026.

Codestral 22B is a proprietary model released by Mistral. GLM-5.1 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.

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