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GLM-5.2 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.
Tale of the tape
Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.
| Metric | GLM-5.2 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input cost / 1M | $1.40 | $1.50 |
| Output cost / 1M | $4.40 | $7.50 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 256,000 tokens |
| MMLU score | — | — |
Cost verdict
Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.
GLM-5.2
- Input: 1M × $1.40 = $1.40
- Output: 1M × $4.40 = $4.40
- Total
- $5.80
Mistral Medium 3.5
- Input: 1M × $1.50 = $1.50
- Output: 1M × $7.50 = $7.50
- Total
- $9.00
Total cost savings
$3.20
GLM-5.2 saves $3.20 per month vs the other model at this volume.
Model routing savings
Uses this page's verified rates. Mistral Medium 3.5 is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); GLM-5.2 handles routine traffic.
All premium
Mistral Medium 3.5
$450.00
100% of input and output on the premium route
Routed stack
80% → GLM-5.2
20% → Mistral Medium 3.5
$322.00
- Routine slice
- $232.00
- Premium slice
- $90.00
Monthly savings
$128.00
28.4% lower
Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (mistral-medium-3-5, glm-5-2) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.
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