Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 vs Z.ai: GLM 5
Compare Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 by Mistral AI against Z.ai: GLM 5 by Zhipu AI, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Z.ai: GLM 5
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Z.ai: GLM 5 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is 8.5x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1
Input
$0.10
8.0× cheaper
Output
$0.30
8.5× cheaper
Z.ai: GLM 5
Input
$0.80
Output
$2.56
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is cheaper on both — 8.0× input, 8.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
71%
Z.ai: GLM 5 uses 12.3x more headings
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1
Z.ai: GLM 5
50%Vocabulary54%
17wSentence Length17w
0.56Hedging0.37
4.3Bold6.3
5.7Lists4.7
0.00Emoji0.00
0.05Headings0.60
0.34Transitions0.18
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Research
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