GLM 5 Turbo vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B
Mistral Small 3.1 24B costs 7.2x less per output token than GLM 5 Turbo ($0.555 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $4.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.555
GLM 5 Turbo or Mistral Small 3.1 24B: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick GLM 5 Turbo for a larger context window (203K against 128K tokens).
No benchmark has tested both yet. GLM 5 Turbo has results on Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), ALE-Bench and AA Intelligence Index; Mistral Small 3.1 24B on LMArena Text: coding, LMArena Text: software and IT and LMArena Text: hard prompts. Compare them on price and context instead.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only GLM 5 Turbo has a AA Intelligence Index result, 26.6.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GLM 5 Turbo has a Design Arena: websites result, 1262.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GLM 5 Turbo
GLM 5 Turbo takes 203K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Small 3.1 24B
GLM 5 Turbo $0.0032, Mistral Small 3.1 24B $0.0006 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GLM 5 Turbo not benchmarked, Mistral Small 3.1 24B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- GLM 5 Turbo $4.00 against Mistral Small 3.1 24B $0.555 per million output tokens, 7.2x apart.
- Context window
- GLM 5 Turbo takes 203K tokens, Mistral Small 3.1 24B 128K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 33.3% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| ALE-Bench | 634.0 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1309 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1301 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 26.6 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 98.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 84.7% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 27.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1278 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1257 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1290 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1119 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1158 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1261 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1271 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1265 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1267 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1271 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1257 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1262 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1260 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1248 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1264 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1247 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1261 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1205 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1160 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index27 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 73.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 71.7% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1277 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1263 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1252 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1136 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1295 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1255 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1253 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1266 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1208 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1207 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1273 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1284 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1263 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1242 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1270 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1299 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1268 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1250 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1157 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1155 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1132 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1142 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1153 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1155 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1123 | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Small 3.1 24B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Mistral Small 3.1 24B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Mistral Small 3.1 24B costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Z.ai GLM 5 Turbo | Mistral Small 3.1 24B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | Mistral AI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | March 15, 2026 | March 17, 2025 |
| Context window | 203K | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.20 | $0.351 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.00 | $0.555 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GLM 5 Turbo better than Mistral Small 3.1 24B for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GLM 5 Turbo for a larger context window (203K against 128K tokens).
Which is cheaper, GLM 5 Turbo or Mistral Small 3.1 24B?
GLM 5 Turbo costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Small 3.1 24B costs $0.351 and $0.555. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GLM 5 Turbo or Mistral Small 3.1 24B?
GLM 5 Turbo, with 203K tokens against 128K.
Has any benchmark tested both GLM 5 Turbo and Mistral Small 3.1 24B?
No benchmark has tested both yet. GLM 5 Turbo has results on Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), ALE-Bench and AA Intelligence Index; Mistral Small 3.1 24B on LMArena Text: coding, LMArena Text: software and IT and LMArena Text: hard prompts. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.