GLM-OCR vs Ministral 3 3B
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
GLM-OCR is 70% cheaper on blended cost ($0.030 vs $0.100/Mtok)
| Specification |
by Z.AI
|
by Mistral
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current budget Open weights | Current budget Open weights |
| Released | Jun 1, 2025 | Sep 1, 2025 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.030/Mtok | $0.100/Mtok |
| Output | $0.030/Mtok | $0.100/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.030/Mtok | $0.100/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 128K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | 3B |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
textimage
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: n/a / Artificial Analysis, Mistral model card (reasoning variant) | ||
| GPQA Diamond | — | 53.4 vendor |
| AIME 2025 | — | 72.1 vendor |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | — | 7.1 |
| AA Agentic Index | — | 1.6 |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | — | -64 |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Z.AI — $0.030/$0.030/Mtok
|
Mistral — $0.100/$0.100/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | GLM-OCR | Ministral 3 3B | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.03 | $0.1 | $0.07 (70%) |
| 10M tokens | $0.3 | $1 | $0.7 (70%) |
| 100M tokens | $3 | $10 | $7 (70%) |
| 1000M tokens | $30 | $100 | $70 (70%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above
Pick GLM-OCR if…
- cost dominates: $0.030/Mtok blended vs $0.100 — 70% less on the same 50/50 token mix
Pick Ministral 3 3B if…
- this pairing gives Ministral 3 3B no edge on price, context, cache discount, or measured performance — pick it only for qualitative fit (ecosystem, compliance, model behavior on your prompts)
Try GLM-OCR on Z.AI
The cheaper option here — GLM-OCR costs $0.030/Mtok blended on Z.AI.
Summary
GLM-OCR by Z.AI costs $0.030/Mtok input and $0.030/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text, image input.
Ministral 3 3B by Mistral costs $0.100/Mtok input and $0.100/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text input.
On a blended cost basis, GLM-OCR is 70% cheaper than Ministral 3 3B.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.
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