GLM-5 (Reasoning) vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

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

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 84 to 28. 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 69.3 against 54.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 88 to 54.8.

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is the reasoning model in the pair, while Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GLM-5 (Reasoning) gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 64K for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1.

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Knowledge

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

80.3

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

71.4

96
MMLU
71.4
94
GPQA
-
92
SuperGPQA
-
90
OpenBookQA
-
81
MMLU-Pro
-
29
HLE
-

Coding

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

69.3

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

54.8

88
HumanEval
54.8
62
SWE-bench Verified
-
58
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

GLM-5 (Reasoning)
98
AIME 2023
-
99
AIME 2024
-
98
AIME 2025
-
94
HMMT Feb 2023
-
96
HMMT Feb 2024
-
95
HMMT Feb 2025
-
96
BRUMO 2025
-
92
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

GLM-5 (Reasoning)
92
SimpleQA
-
90
MuSR
-
91
BBH
-

Instruction Following

GLM-5 (Reasoning)
92
IFEval
-

Multilingual

GLM-5 (Reasoning)
89
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 84 to 28. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 88 and 54.8.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.3 versus 71.4. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 69.3 versus 54.8. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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