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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

GLM-4.7-Flash vs Mistral Small 3.2 vs Gemma 3 27B IT

Too close to call on our weighted score (Mistral Small 3.2 52, Gemma 3 27B IT 51, GLM-4.7-Flash 48). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. Z.ai (Zhipu)

    GLM-4.7-Flash

    Released Jan 19, 2026

    48/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.06 / $0.40
    • Context200K
    Full specs Remove GLM-4.7-Flash

  2. Mistral AI

    Mistral Small 3.2

    Released Jun 20, 2025

    52/100
    • ECI131.7
    • Price$0.10 / $0.30
    • Context128K
    Full specs Remove Mistral Small 3.2

  3. Google

    Gemma 3 27B IT

    Released Mar 12, 2025

    51/100
    • ECI130.0
    • Price$0.08 / $0.20
    • Context131K
    Full specs Remove Gemma 3 27B IT
01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Mistral Small 3.2 52/100, Gemma 3 27B IT 51/100, GLM-4.7-Flash 48/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Mistral Small 3.2 for raw capability, Gemma 3 27B IT on price and GLM-4.7-Flash for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025), because GLM-4.7-Flash has no Capabilities Index score yet.

  • CapabilityMistral Small 3.2Shared benchmarks: Mistral Small 3.2 39.7% · Gemma 3 27B IT 35.1% · GLM-4.7-Flash 35.1%
  • Lowest priceGemma 3 27B ITGemma 3 27B IT $0.11 · GLM-4.7-Flash $0.145 · Mistral Small 3.2 $0.15 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGLM-4.7-FlashGLM-4.7-Flash 200,000 · Gemma 3 27B IT 131,072 · Mistral Small 3.2 128,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsMistral Small 3.2 and Gemma 3 27B ITGLM-4.7-Flash: Text · Mistral Small 3.2: Text, Images · Gemma 3 27B IT: Text, Images
  • Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGLM-4.7-FlashMistral Small 3.2Gemma 3 27B IT
CapabilityShared benchmarks50%354035
Price25%908995
Inputs & features15%355050
Context window10%322424
Overall100%48/10052/10051/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

GLM-4.7-Flash vs Mistral Small 3.2 vs Gemma 3 27B IT specifications side by side
SpecificationGLM-4.7-FlashZ.ai (Zhipu)Mistral Small 3.2Mistral AIGemma 3 27B ITGoogle
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)—131.7 (best)130.0
ECI rank—#123 of 148 (best)#125 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions45.1%49.1% (best)47.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics25.0%30.3% (best)22.5%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.06 (best)$0.10$0.08
Output$0.40$0.30$0.20 (best)
Cached input———
Blended (3:1)$0.145$0.15$0.11 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 13 providersOfficial Mistral APIMedian of 9 providers
Limits
Context window200,000 tokens (best)128,000 tokens131,072 tokens
Max output131,072 tokens (best)16,384 tokens131,072 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoYesYes
PDFsNoNoNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoNo
ReasoningYesNoNo
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenOpenOpen
API model IDglm-4.7-flashmistral-small-2506—
API providers19 (best)610
ReleasedJan 19, 2026Jun 20, 2025Mar 12, 2025
Knowledge cutoffApr 2025Mar 2025Aug 2024
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • GLM-4.7-Flash$1.41
  • Mistral Small 3.2$1.60
  • Gemma 3 27B IT$1.20
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: GLM-4.7-Flash, Mistral Small 3.2 or Gemma 3 27B IT?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Mistral Small 3.2 52/100, Gemma 3 27B IT 51/100, GLM-4.7-Flash 48/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Mistral Small 3.2 for raw capability, Gemma 3 27B IT on price and GLM-4.7-Flash for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025), because GLM-4.7-Flash has no Capabilities Index score yet.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7-Flash, Mistral Small 3.2 or Gemma 3 27B IT?

Gemma 3 27B IT is cheaper at $0.08 input / $0.20 output per million tokens (median across 9 API providers). GLM-4.7-Flash costs $0.06 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (median across 13 API providers; free on Z.AI); Mistral Small 3.2 costs $0.10 input / $0.30 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.11 per million tokens for Gemma 3 27B IT versus $0.145 for GLM-4.7-Flash (1.3× as much) and $0.15 for Mistral Small 3.2 (1.4× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Not every model here has a Capabilities Index score, so we compare the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025): Mistral Small 3.2 39.7%, Gemma 3 27B IT 35.1% and GLM-4.7-Flash 35.1%. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Mistral Small 3.2 49.1%, Gemma 3 27B IT 47.7%, GLM-4.7-Flash 45.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Mistral Small 3.2 30.3%, GLM-4.7-Flash 25.0%, Gemma 3 27B IT 22.5%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GLM-4.7-Flash, Mistral Small 3.2 and Gemma 3 27B IT yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Mistral Small 3.2 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-4.7-Flash has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Gemma 3 27B IT and 128,000 for Mistral Small 3.2. Maximum output per response: GLM-4.7-Flash up to 131,072, Mistral Small 3.2 up to 16,384, Gemma 3 27B IT up to 131,072 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

GLM-4.7-Flash accepts text; Mistral Small 3.2 accepts text and images; Gemma 3 27B IT accepts text and images. Mistral Small 3.2 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Yes, all three publish their weights, so you can self-host them.

Which is newer?

GLM-4.7-Flash is the newest, released Jan 19, 2026. Mistral Small 3.2 came out Jun 20, 2025; Gemma 3 27B IT came out Mar 12, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GLM-4.7-Flash Apr 2025, Mistral Small 3.2 Mar 2025, Gemma 3 27B IT Aug 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.

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