GLM 5.3 Flash vs Mistral Nemo: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-11-02 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Mistral Nemo is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.029 per million tokens versus
$0.044, a 34% difference.
GLM 5.3 Flash offers the larger context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 131,072 for Mistral Nemo.
Head to head
| GLM 5.3 Flash | Mistral Nemo | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.029 | $0.029 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.092 | $0.030 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.044 | $0.029 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 | 131,072 |
| Vendor | z-ai | mistralai |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | GLM 5.3 Flash | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.052 | $0.036 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $0.516 | $0.365 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $5.16 | $3.65 |
Which should you pick?
Pick GLM 5.3 Flash when you need the longer context window (1,048,576 vs 131,072 tokens). Pick Mistral Nemo when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.