Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is a pretrained generative Sparse Mixture of Experts, by Mistral AI, for chat and instruction use. Incorporates 8 experts (feed-forward networks) for a total of 47 billion parameters. Instruct model fine-tuned by Mist…
Model details →Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct vs Z.ai: GLM 5
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct and Z.ai: GLM 5 are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
GLM-5 is Z.ai’s flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows. Built for expert developers, it delivers production-grade performance on large-scale programming tasks, rivaling l…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct | Z.ai: GLM 5 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 33K | 80K | 🏆 Z.ai: GLM 5 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.54 | $0.72 | 🏆 Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.54 | $2.30 | 🏆 Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Z.ai: GLM 5 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct better than Z.ai: GLM 5?
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct and Z.ai: GLM 5 are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
What's the price difference between Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct and Z.ai: GLM 5?
Input: $0.54 vs $0.72 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.54 vs $2.30 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct and Z.ai: GLM 5 support?
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct supports up to 33K tokens. Z.ai: GLM 5 supports up to 80K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct and Z.ai: GLM 5 support tool calling?
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct: yes. Z.ai: GLM 5: yes.