Devstral Medium vs GLM-4.5V vs Qwen Flash
Qwen Flash comes out ahead, 68 to 49 and 39 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
Mistral AIDevstral Medium
39/100- ECI—
- Price$0.40 / $2.00
- Context128K
Z.ai (Zhipu)GLM-4.5V
49/100- ECI—
- Price$0.60 / $1.80
- Context64K
- Our pick
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen Flash
68/100- ECI—
- Price$0.05 / $0.40
- Context1M
Qwen Flash is our pick
Qwen Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against GLM-4.5V (49) and Devstral Medium (39). It leads on price and context window. GLM-4.5V wins on inputs & features. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceQwen FlashQwen Flash $0.138 · Devstral Medium $0.80 · GLM-4.5V $0.90 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextQwen FlashQwen Flash 1,000,000 · Devstral Medium 128,000 · GLM-4.5V 64,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGLM-4.5VDevstral Medium: Text · GLM-4.5V: Text, Images, Video · Qwen Flash: Text
- Self-hostingGLM-4.5VPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Devstral Medium | GLM-4.5V | Qwen Flash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 54 | 52 | 91 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 25 | 70 | 35 |
| Context window | 20% | 24 | 12 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 39/100 | 49/100 | 68/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Devstral MediumMistral AI | GLM-4.5VZ.ai (Zhipu) | Qwen FlashAlibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.40 | $0.60 | $0.05 (best) |
| Output | $2.00 | $1.80 | $0.40 (best) |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.80 | $0.90 | $0.138 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Mistral API | Official Z.AI API | Official Alibaba API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 64,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens (best) | 16,384 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open | Proprietary |
| API model ID | devstral-medium-2507 | glm-4.5v | qwen-flash |
| API providers | 2 | 11 (best) | 6 |
| Released | Jul 10, 2025 | Aug 11, 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | May 2025 | Apr 2025 | Apr 2024 |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Devstral Medium$8.00
- GLM-4.5V$9.60
- Qwen Flash$1.30
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Devstral Medium, GLM-4.5V or Qwen Flash?
Qwen Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against GLM-4.5V (49) and Devstral Medium (39). It leads on price and context window. GLM-4.5V wins on inputs & features. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Devstral Medium, GLM-4.5V or Qwen Flash?
Qwen Flash is cheaper at $0.05 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). Devstral Medium costs $0.40 input / $2.00 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price); GLM-4.5V costs $0.60 input / $1.80 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.138 per million tokens for Qwen Flash versus $0.80 for Devstral Medium (5.8× as much) and $0.90 for GLM-4.5V (6.5× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Devstral Medium has not been scored yet, GLM-4.5V has not been scored yet and Qwen Flash has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Devstral Medium, GLM-4.5V and Qwen Flash yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Flash has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 128,000 for Devstral Medium and 64,000 for GLM-4.5V. Maximum output per response: Devstral Medium up to 128,000, GLM-4.5V up to 16,384, Qwen Flash up to 32,768 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Devstral Medium accepts text; GLM-4.5V accepts text, images and video; Qwen Flash accepts text. GLM-4.5V handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
GLM-4.5V publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Devstral Medium and Qwen Flash is proprietary.
Which is newer?
GLM-4.5V is the newest, released Aug 11, 2025. Qwen Flash came out Jul 28, 2025; Devstral Medium came out Jul 10, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Devstral Medium May 2025, GLM-4.5V Apr 2025, Qwen Flash Apr 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
