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Mistral Large 4 vs GLM-5.3

Mistral Large 4Mistral AI
GLM-5.3Z.ai
Our take

GLM-5.3 wins 4 of 4 categories, but Mistral Large 4 is 1.0× cheaper for everyday text work. Pick GLM-5.3 when quality matters most, Mistral Large 4 at volume.

Overall3761Best
Coding5568Best
Writing3470Best
Support4667Best
Value3054Best
Input / 1M$1.36Best$1.40
Output / 1M$4.18Best$4.40
Blended / 1M$2.07Best$2.15
Context window1MBest1M
Open weightsNoYes
Released6 Oct 202614 Aug 2026

Your monthly bill

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Mistral Large 4$413Cheapest
GLM-5.3$430
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.