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Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs GLM-5.1

Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
Z.ai
GLM-5.1
Overview
CompanyMistralZ.ai
Release dateDec 2 2025Apr 7 2026
AccessOpen WeightOpen 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 gapMinistral 3 8B-25-12 shipped 126 days before GLM-5.1

Which is better: Ministral 3 8B-25-12 or GLM-5.1?

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 and GLM-5.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Ministral 3 8B-25-12 shipped 126 days before GLM-5.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Ministral 3 8B-25-12 and GLM-5.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.

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

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