GLM-4.5V vs Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen Flash
Qwen Flash comes out ahead, 68 to 50 and 49 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
Z.ai (Zhipu)GLM-4.5V
49/100- ECI—
- Price$0.60 / $1.80
- Context64K
Mistral AIMistral Medium 3.1
50/100- ECI—
- Price$0.40 / $2.00
- Context262K
- 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 Mistral Medium 3.1 (50) and GLM-4.5V (49). 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 · Mistral Medium 3.1 $0.80 · GLM-4.5V $0.90 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextQwen FlashQwen Flash 1,000,000 · Mistral Medium 3.1 262,144 · GLM-4.5V 64,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGLM-4.5VGLM-4.5V: Text, Images, Video · Mistral Medium 3.1: Text, Images · Qwen Flash: Text
- Self-hostingGLM-4.5VPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | GLM-4.5V | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen Flash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 52 | 54 | 91 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 70 | 50 | 35 |
| Context window | 20% | 12 | 37 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 49/100 | 50/100 | 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 | GLM-4.5VZ.ai (Zhipu) | Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral AI | Qwen FlashAlibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.60 | $0.40 | $0.05 (best) |
| Output | $1.80 | $2.00 | $0.40 (best) |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.90 | $0.80 | $0.138 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Z.AI API | Official Mistral API | Official Alibaba API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 64,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 16,384 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) | 32,768 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | Yes | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | No | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Open | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | glm-4.5v | mistral-medium-2508 | qwen-flash |
| API providers | 11 (best) | 1 | 6 |
| Released | Aug 11, 2025 | Aug 12, 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 2025 | May 2025 | Apr 2024 |
What would a month cost?
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- GLM-4.5V$9.60
- Mistral Medium 3.1$8.00
- Qwen Flash$1.30
Which should you choose?
Which is better: GLM-4.5V, Mistral Medium 3.1 or Qwen Flash?
Qwen Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against Mistral Medium 3.1 (50) and GLM-4.5V (49). 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, GLM-4.5V, Mistral Medium 3.1 or Qwen Flash?
Qwen Flash is cheaper at $0.05 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). Mistral Medium 3.1 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 Mistral Medium 3.1 (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. GLM-4.5V has not been scored yet, Mistral Medium 3.1 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 GLM-4.5V, Mistral Medium 3.1 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 262,144 for Mistral Medium 3.1 and 64,000 for GLM-4.5V. Maximum output per response: GLM-4.5V up to 16,384, Mistral Medium 3.1 up to 262,144, Qwen Flash up to 32,768 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
GLM-4.5V accepts text, images and video; Mistral Medium 3.1 accepts text and images; 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; Mistral Medium 3.1 and Qwen Flash is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Mistral Medium 3.1 is the newest, released Aug 12, 2025. GLM-4.5V came out Aug 11, 2025; Qwen Flash came out Jul 28, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GLM-4.5V Apr 2025, Mistral Medium 3.1 May 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.
