GLM-5 (Reasoning) vs Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 78 to 36. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GLM-5 (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 62.5 against 15.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 96 to 30.

GLM-5 (Reasoning) gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

78.3

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

38.5

81
Terminal-Bench 2.0
39
80
BrowseComp
41
74
OSWorld-Verified
36

Coding

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

62.5

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

15.2

88
HumanEval
24
62
SWE-bench Verified
17
58
LiveCodeBench
16
67
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

78.5

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

33.4

74
MMMU-Pro
28
84
OfficeQA Pro
40

Reasoning

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

88.9

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

42.1

92
SimpleQA
32
90
MuSR
33
91
BBH
70
86
LongBench v2
44
87
MRCRv2
47

Knowledge

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

72

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

30

96
MMLU
30
94
GPQA
29
92
SuperGPQA
27
90
OpenBookQA
25
81
MMLU-Pro
54
29
HLE
5
83
FrontierScience
34

Instruction Following

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

92

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

70

92
IFEval
70

Multilingual

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

86.4

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

61.7

89
MGSM
63
85
MMLU-ProX
61

Mathematics

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

94.4

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

47.8

98
AIME 2023
33
99
AIME 2024
35
98
AIME 2025
34
94
HMMT Feb 2023
29
96
HMMT Feb 2024
31
95
HMMT Feb 2025
30
96
BRUMO 2025
32
92
MATH-500
67

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 78 to 36. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 96 and 30.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 72 versus 30. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 62.5 versus 15.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 94.4 versus 47.8. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 88.9 versus 42.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 38.5. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.5 versus 33.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92 versus 70. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 86.4 versus 61.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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