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Mistral Medium vs GLM-5.1

Mistral
Mistral Medium
Z.ai
GLM-5.1
Overview
CompanyMistralZ.ai
Release dateDec 2023Apr 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 gapMistral Medium shipped 858 days before GLM-5.1

Which is better: Mistral Medium or GLM-5.1?

Mistral Medium and GLM-5.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Medium shipped 858 days before GLM-5.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Medium is proprietary, while GLM-5.1 is open weight.

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

Frequently asked questions

Mistral Medium was released by Mistral on Dec 2023.

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

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

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