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Model comparison

GLM-4.5-Air vs Mistral Medium 3

Updated July 30, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.

GLM-4.5-Air

Z.AI

Evidence status unavailable

90% interval unavailable

Mistral Medium 3

Mistral

Evidence status unavailable

90% interval unavailable

The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. Use the documented cost, context, and runtime rows instead.

0 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    GLM-4.5-Air

    GLM-4.5-Air has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.

    Confidence: listed-rates

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  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    GLM-4.5-Air

    GLM-4.5-Air has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.

    Confidence: limited

  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.

    Confidence: limited

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    No clear pick

    The documented context windows are equal.

    Confidence: documented

  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. GLM-4.5-Air does not fit this workload in one request. Mistral Medium 3 does not fit this workload in one request. GLM-4.5-Air has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Mistral Medium 3 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

    Confidence: rate-fallback

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

Evidence parity totals are not available.
Shared results
0
GLM-4.5-Air only
0
Mistral Medium 3 only
0
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.

Agentic

Not comparable
GLM-4.5-Air
Not measured
Mistral Medium 3
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Coding

Not comparable
GLM-4.5-Air
Not measured
Mistral Medium 3
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable
GLM-4.5-Air
Not measured
Mistral Medium 3
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Knowledge

Not comparable
GLM-4.5-Air
Not measured
Mistral Medium 3
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
GLM-4.5-Air
Not measured
Mistral Medium 3
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
GLM-4.5-Air
Not measured
Mistral Medium 3
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
GLM-4.5-Air
Not measured
Mistral Medium 3
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
GLM-4.5-Air
Not measured
Mistral Medium 3
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

A shared-evidence shape is not available.

BenchLM does not draw a radar or infer missing axes when the matched evidence is too sparse.

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

GLM-4.5-Air
$0.00075
Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3
$0.0014
Fits in one request

GLM-4.5-Air has the lower modeled cost

Costs use the listed standard API rates.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

GLM-4.5-Air
$0.0133
Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3
$0.026
Fits in one request

GLM-4.5-Air has the lower modeled cost

Costs use the listed standard API rates.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

GLM-4.5-Air
$0.055
Does not fit in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
Mistral Medium 3
$0.108
Does not fit in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate

GLM-4.5-Air does not fit this workload in one request. Mistral Medium 3 does not fit this workload in one request. GLM-4.5-Air has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Mistral Medium 3 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

GLM-4.5-Air

128K

Mistral Medium 3

128K

API model ID

GLM-4.5-Air

Not sourced

Mistral Medium 3

Not sourced

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

GLM-4.5-Air

Not published

Mistral Medium 3

Not published

Documented inputs

GLM-4.5-Air

Not sourced

Mistral Medium 3

Not sourced

Documented outputs

GLM-4.5-Air

Not sourced

Mistral Medium 3

Not sourced

Provider availability

GLM-4.5-Air

Not sourced

Mistral Medium 3

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

GLM-4.5-Air

Non-Reasoning

Mistral Medium 3

Non-Reasoning

Weight access

GLM-4.5-Air

Proprietary

Mistral Medium 3

Proprietary

License

GLM-4.5-Air

Proprietary

Mistral Medium 3

Proprietary

Release date

GLM-4.5-Air

2025-06-01

Mistral Medium 3

2026-02-20

If you already use one of these models
Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict.
Workload cost
Repository review: $0.0133 vs $0.026. Cache-heavy agent loop: $0.055 vs $0.108.
Context tradeoff
Both models list 128K.

Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, GLM-4.5-Air or Mistral Medium 3?

The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, GLM-4.5-Air or Mistral Medium 3?

The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GLM-4.5-Air or Mistral Medium 3?

The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.

Which costs less, GLM-4.5-Air or Mistral Medium 3?

For the stated presets, chat costs $0.00075 on GLM-4.5-Air and $0.0014 on Mistral Medium 3; repository review costs $0.0133 and $0.026; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $0.055 and $0.108. GLM-4.5-Air does not fit this workload in one request. Mistral Medium 3 does not fit this workload in one request. GLM-4.5-Air has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Mistral Medium 3 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

Which has the larger context window, GLM-4.5-Air or Mistral Medium 3?

Both models list the same context window, 128K.

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Last updated July 30, 2026

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