GLM-5.3-Flash vs GPT-6 Luna vs Mistral Small 3.2
Too close to call on our weighted score (GPT-6 Luna 86, GLM-5.3-Flash 85, Mistral Small 3.2 52). The right pick depends on what you value most.
Z.ai (Zhipu)
GLM-5.3-Flash
85/100- ECI151.9
- Price$0.15 / $0.50
- Context1M
OpenAI
GPT-6 Luna
86/100- ECI—
- Price$0.10 / $0.50
- Context1.05M
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.2
52/100- ECI131.7
- Price$0.10 / $0.30
- Context128K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (GPT-6 Luna 86/100, GLM-5.3-Flash 85/100, Mistral Small 3.2 52/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GPT-6 Luna for raw capability and Mistral Small 3.2 on price. 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 GPT-6 Luna has no Capabilities Index score yet.
- CapabilityGPT-6 LunaShared benchmarks: GPT-6 Luna 94.7% · GLM-5.3-Flash 92.0% · Mistral Small 3.2 39.7%
- Lowest priceMistral Small 3.2Mistral Small 3.2 $0.15 · GPT-6 Luna $0.20 · GLM-5.3-Flash $0.237 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGPT-6 LunaGPT-6 Luna 1,050,000 · GLM-5.3-Flash 1,000,000 · Mistral Small 3.2 128,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGLM-5.3-FlashGLM-5.3-Flash: Text, Images, PDFs, Video · GPT-6 Luna: Text, Images, PDFs · Mistral Small 3.2: Text, Images
- Self-hostingGLM-5.3-Flash and Mistral Small 3.2Publishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | GLM-5.3-Flash | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityShared benchmarks | 50% | 92 | 95 | 40 |
| Price | 25% | 79 | 83 | 89 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 90 | 80 | 50 |
| Context window | 10% | 60 | 61 | 24 |
| Overall | 100% | 85/100 | 86/100 | 52/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 151.9 (best) | — | 131.7 |
| ECI rank | #42 of 148 (best) | — | #123 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 90.2% | 90.5% (best) | 49.1% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 55.8% | 79.0% (best) | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 93.9% | 98.9% (best) | 30.3% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | — | 41.4% | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.15 | $0.10 (best) | $0.10 (best) |
| Output | $0.50 | $0.50 | $0.30 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.03 | $0.01 (best) | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.237 | $0.20 | $0.15 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Over 272K: $0.20 / $0.75 | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Z.AI API | Official OpenAI API | Official Mistral API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,050,000 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens |
| Max output | 131,072 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens | 16,384 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | Yes | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · high · max | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Open | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | glm-5.3-flash | gpt-6-luna | mistral-small-2506 |
| API providers | 65 (best) | 24 | 6 |
| Released | Aug 26, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Jun 20, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | May 18, 2026 | Mar 2025 |
What would a month cost?
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GLM-5.3-Flash$2.50
GPT-6 Luna$2.00
Mistral Small 3.2$1.60
Which should you choose?
Which is better: GLM-5.3-Flash, GPT-6 Luna or Mistral Small 3.2?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (GPT-6 Luna 86/100, GLM-5.3-Flash 85/100, Mistral Small 3.2 52/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GPT-6 Luna for raw capability and Mistral Small 3.2 on price. 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 GPT-6 Luna has no Capabilities Index score yet.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5.3-Flash, GPT-6 Luna or Mistral Small 3.2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.30 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). GPT-6 Luna costs $0.10 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price); GLM-5.3-Flash costs $0.15 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.15 per million tokens for Mistral Small 3.2 versus $0.20 for GPT-6 Luna (1.3× as much) and $0.237 for GLM-5.3-Flash (1.6× 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): GPT-6 Luna 94.7%, GLM-5.3-Flash 92.0% and Mistral Small 3.2 39.7%. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — GPT-6 Luna 90.5%, GLM-5.3-Flash 90.2%, Mistral Small 3.2 49.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — GPT-6 Luna 98.9%, GLM-5.3-Flash 93.9%, Mistral Small 3.2 30.3%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GLM-5.3-Flash, GPT-6 Luna and Mistral Small 3.2 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GPT-6 Luna 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?
GPT-6 Luna has the largest context window at 1,050,000 tokens, against 1,000,000 for GLM-5.3-Flash and 128,000 for Mistral Small 3.2. Maximum output per response: GLM-5.3-Flash up to 131,072, GPT-6 Luna up to 128,000, Mistral Small 3.2 up to 16,384 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
GLM-5.3-Flash accepts text, images, PDFs and video; GPT-6 Luna accepts text, images and PDFs; Mistral Small 3.2 accepts text and images. GLM-5.3-Flash handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
GLM-5.3-Flash and Mistral Small 3.2 publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; GPT-6 Luna is proprietary.
Which is newer?
GPT-6 Luna is the newest, released Sep 22, 2026. GLM-5.3-Flash came out Aug 26, 2026; Mistral Small 3.2 came out Jun 20, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-6 Luna May 18, 2026, Mistral Small 3.2 Mar 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.