Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview vs GLM-5V-Turbo vs Mistral Medium 3
Too close to call on our weighted score (Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview 50, GLM-5V-Turbo 49, Mistral Medium 3 47). The right pick depends on what you value most.
GoogleGemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview
50/100- ECI—
- Price$1.00 / $5.00
- Context131K
Z.ai (Zhipu)GLM-5V-Turbo
49/100- ECI—
- Price$1.20 / $4.00
- Context200K
Mistral AIMistral Medium 3
47/100- ECI134.1
- Price$0.40 / $2.00
- Context131K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 1 points (Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview 50/100, GLM-5V-Turbo 49/100, Mistral Medium 3 47/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Mistral Medium 3 on price and GLM-5V-Turbo for long inputs. 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 priceMistral Medium 3Mistral Medium 3 $0.80 · GLM-5V-Turbo $1.90 · Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGLM-5V-TurboGLM-5V-Turbo 200,000 · Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview 131,072 · Mistral Medium 3 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview and GLM-5V-TurboGemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview: Text, Images, Audio, Video · GLM-5V-Turbo: Text, Images, PDFs, Video · Mistral Medium 3: Text, Images
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo | Mistral Medium 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 36 | 37 | 54 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 90 | 80 | 50 |
| Context window | 20% | 24 | 32 | 24 |
| Overall | 100% | 50/100 | 49/100 | 47/100 |
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 | Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 PreviewGoogle | GLM-5V-TurboZ.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral Medium 3Mistral AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | 134.1 |
| ECI rank | — | — | #117 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | — | — | 59.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | — | — | 32.2% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $1.00 | $1.20 | $0.40 (best) |
| Output | $5.00 | $4.00 | $2.00 (best) |
| Cached input | — | $0.24 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $2.00 | $1.90 | $0.80 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 1 providers | Official Z.AI API | Official Mistral API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 200,000 tokens (best) | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) | 131,072 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes | No |
| Audio | Yes | No | No |
| Video | Yes | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | — | glm-5v-turbo | mistral-medium-2505 |
| API providers | 1 | 14 (best) | 5 |
| Released | Apr 14, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | May 7, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jan 2025 | — | May 2025 |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview$20.00
- GLM-5V-Turbo$20.00
- Mistral Medium 3$8.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview, GLM-5V-Turbo or Mistral Medium 3?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 1 points (Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview 50/100, GLM-5V-Turbo 49/100, Mistral Medium 3 47/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Mistral Medium 3 on price and GLM-5V-Turbo for long inputs. 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, Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview, GLM-5V-Turbo or Mistral Medium 3?
Mistral Medium 3 is cheaper at $0.40 input / $2.00 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). GLM-5V-Turbo costs $1.20 input / $4.00 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price); Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.80 per million tokens for Mistral Medium 3 versus $1.90 for GLM-5V-Turbo (2.4× as much) and $2.00 for Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview (2.5× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview has not been scored yet, GLM-5V-Turbo has not been scored yet and Mistral Medium 3 has an ECI of 134.1.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview, GLM-5V-Turbo and Mistral Medium 3 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?
GLM-5V-Turbo has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview and 131,072 for Mistral Medium 3. Maximum output per response: Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview up to 65,536, GLM-5V-Turbo up to 131,072, Mistral Medium 3 up to 131,072 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview accepts text, images, audio and video; GLM-5V-Turbo accepts text, images, PDFs and video; Mistral Medium 3 accepts text and images. Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview, GLM-5V-Turbo and Mistral Medium 3 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview is the newest, released Apr 14, 2026. GLM-5V-Turbo came out Apr 1, 2026; Mistral Medium 3 came out May 7, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview Jan 2025, Mistral Medium 3 May 2025.
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.
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