Mistral Medium 3.5 is a dense 128B instruction-following model from Mistral AI. It supports text and image inputs with text output, and is designed for agentic workflows, coding, and complex...
Model details →Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Z.ai: GLM 4.6
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Z.ai: GLM 4.6 are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
Compared with GLM-4.5, this generation brings several key improvements: Longer context window: The context window has been expanded from 128K to 200K tokens, enabling the model to handle more complex...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 | Z.ai: GLM 4.6 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 205K | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $1.50 | $0.50 | 🏆 Z.ai: GLM 4.6 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $7.50 | $2.00 | 🏆 Z.ai: GLM 4.6 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | — | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Z.ai: GLM 4.6?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Z.ai: GLM 4.6 are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
What's the price difference between Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Z.ai: GLM 4.6?
Input: $1.50 vs $0.50 per 1M tokens. Output: $7.50 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Z.ai: GLM 4.6 support?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 supports up to 262K tokens. Z.ai: GLM 4.6 supports up to 205K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Z.ai: GLM 4.6 support tool calling?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5: yes. Z.ai: GLM 4.6: yes.
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