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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

GLM-5.3-Flash vs Mistral Small 3.2 vs GPT-6 Luna

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.

  1. Z.ai (Zhipu)

    GLM-5.3-Flash

    Released Aug 26, 2026

    85/100
    • ECI151.9
    • Price$0.15 / $0.50
    • Context1M
  2. Mistral AI

    Mistral Small 3.2

    Released Jun 20, 2025

    52/100
    • ECI131.7
    • Price$0.10 / $0.30
    • Context128K
  3. OpenAI

    GPT-6 Luna

    Released Sep 22, 2026

    86/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.10 / $0.50
    • Context1.05M
01 — Verdict

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 · Mistral Small 3.2: Text, Images · GPT-6 Luna: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingGLM-5.3-Flash and Mistral Small 3.2Publishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGLM-5.3-FlashMistral Small 3.2GPT-6 Luna
CapabilityShared benchmarks50%924095
Price25%798983
Inputs & features15%905080
Context window10%602461
Overall100%85/10052/10086/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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

GLM-5.3-Flash vs Mistral Small 3.2 vs GPT-6 Luna specifications side by side
SpecificationGLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai (Zhipu)Mistral Small 3.2Mistral AIGPT-6 LunaOpenAI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)151.9 (best)131.7—
ECI rank#42 of 148 (best)#123 of 148—
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions90.2%49.1%90.5% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics55.8%—79.0% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics93.9%30.3%98.9% (best)
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions——41.4%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.15$0.10 (best)$0.10 (best)
Output$0.50$0.30 (best)$0.50
Cached input$0.03—$0.01 (best)
Blended (3:1)$0.237$0.15 (best)$0.20
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateOver 272K: $0.20 / $0.75
Price sourceOfficial Z.AI APIOfficial Mistral APIOfficial OpenAI API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens128,000 tokens1,050,000 tokens (best)
Max output131,072 tokens (best)16,384 tokens128,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesYesYes
PDFsYesNoYes
AudioNoNoNo
VideoYesNoNo
ReasoningYeslow · high · maxNoYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesNoYes
Availability
WeightsOpenOpenProprietary
API model IDglm-5.3-flashmistral-small-2506gpt-6-luna
API providers65 (best)624
ReleasedAug 26, 2026Jun 20, 2025Sep 22, 2026
Knowledge cutoff—Mar 2025May 18, 2026
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-5.3-Flash$2.50
  • Mistral Small 3.2$1.60
  • GPT-6 Luna$2.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: GLM-5.3-Flash, Mistral Small 3.2 or GPT-6 Luna?

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, Mistral Small 3.2 or GPT-6 Luna?

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, Mistral Small 3.2 and GPT-6 Luna 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, Mistral Small 3.2 up to 16,384, GPT-6 Luna up to 128,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

GLM-5.3-Flash accepts text, images, PDFs and video; Mistral Small 3.2 accepts text and images; GPT-6 Luna accepts text, images and PDFs. 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: Mistral Small 3.2 Mar 2025, GPT-6 Luna May 18, 2026.

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.