Mistral Large 4 1T A52B vs GLM 5.1

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B and GLM 5.1 match in llmrun Score, with values of 118.0 versus 117.8; neither fits 24 GB.

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Model A · Mistral AI

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

118.0llmrun Score

1000B · 52B active · 1M context · Other · Sep 2026

VisionFunctions

Model B · Z.ai

GLM 5.1

117.8llmrun Score

753.9B · 42.4B active · 198K context · MIT · Apr 2026

ChatFunctions

Which should you choose?

Choose Mistral Large 4 1T A52B if you want…

Ahead on the benchmarks
7 of 10 shared boards
Longer context window
1M vs 198K tokens
Also does vision
GLM 5.1 doesn't list it
Newer release
Sep 2026 vs Apr 2026

Choose GLM 5.1 if you want…

Stronger at agents
122.7 vs 116.6
Lighter on memory
456.5 vs 603.9 GB at Q4_K_M
Also does chat
Mistral Large 4 1T A52B doesn't list it
More permissive license
MIT vs Other

On your hardware

Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.

MemoryMistral Large 4 1T A52BGLM 5.1

8 GB

RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 209.1 GB

12 GB

RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 209.1 GB

16 GB

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 209.1 GB

24 GBreference

RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 209.1 GB

32 GB

RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 209.1 GB

48 GB

RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 209.1 GB

Mac 32 GB

Mac Mini M4 · Macs

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 209.1 GB

Mac 64 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 209.1 GB

Mac 128 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 209.1 GB

Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).

llmrun Score

with its 90% range · bars share one scale

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B GLM 5.1

Overall

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

118.0115–121

GLM 5.1

117.8115–121

Coding

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

112.3108–117

GLM 5.1

114.4107–122

Agents

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

116.6109–125

GLM 5.1

122.7116–130

Math

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

121.7118–125

GLM 5.1

117.4113–122

Science

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

120.4109–132

GLM 5.1

116.7106–128

Reasoning

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

120.3114–127

GLM 5.1

115.5105–126

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B · #18 of 104 open models · #16 of 101 that fit ≤640 GB

GLM 5.1 · #19 of 104 open models · #17 of 101 that fit ≤512 GB

Benchmarks

10 shared boards: Mistral Large 4 1T A52B leads 7, GLM 5.1 leads 3 · Benchmarks imported Oct 2026

BoardMistral Large 4 1T A52BGLM 5.1

GPQA Diamond

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

88.1%#16/100 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.1

89.9%#11/100 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Apr 2026

AIME 2024/2025

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

98.3%#4/88 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.1

93.3%#12/88 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Apr 2026

FrontierMath

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

58.6%#8/19 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.1

36.8%#15/19 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Apr 2026

SciCode

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

54.2%#7/70 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.1

44.8%#29/70 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2026

SimpleQA

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

20.0%#17/19 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.1

34.0%#14/19 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Apr 2026

ALE-Bench

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

1213.2#8/46 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.1

887.1#18/46 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2026

APEX-Agents

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

51.6%#5/20 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.1

40.9%#11/20 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2026

Chess Puzzles

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

33.0%#6/16 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.1

20.0%#13/16 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Apr 2026

CritPt

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

10.6%#14/82 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.1

4.6%#21/82 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2026

ProofBench

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

10.0%#20/29 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.1

22.2%#11/29 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2026

25 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)

Only Mistral Large 4 1T A52B (18)

Only GLM 5.1 (7)

VRAM by quantization

Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.

QuantMistral Large 4 1T A52BGLM 5.1

Q2_K

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

429 GB380.7 GB file

32K 483 GB · 128K 657 GB

GLM 5.1

325 GB265.8 GB file

32K 324 GB · 128K 332 GB

Q3_K_S

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

334 GB313.5 GB file

32K 333 GB · 128K 342 GB

Q3_K_M

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

491 GB~487.5 GB file

32K 546 GB · 128K 720 GB

GLM 5.1

372 GB338.4 GB file

32K 371 GB · 128K 380 GB

Q4_0

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

381 GB427.6 GB file

32K 380 GB · 128K 389 GB

Q4_K_M

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

604 GB634.8 GB file

32K 658 GB · 128K 832 GB

GLM 5.1

457 GB464.5 GB file

32K 456 GB · 128K 464 GB

Q5_K_M

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

716 GB~712.5 GB file

32K 771 GB · 128K 945 GB

GLM 5.1

541 GB558.5 GB file

32K 540 GB · 128K 549 GB

Q6_K

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

829 GB~825.0 GB file

32K 883 GB · 128K 1057 GB

GLM 5.1

626 GB621.3 GB file

32K 625 GB · 128K 634 GB

Q8_0

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

1004 GB~1000.0 GB file

32K 1058 GB · 128K 1232 GB

GLM 5.1

758 GB801.3 GB file

32K 757 GB · 128K 766 GB

16 more quants

IQ2_XXS

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

279 GB302.5 GB file

32K 333 GB · 128K 507 GB

GLM 5.1

212 GB220.6 GB file

32K 211 GB · 128K 219 GB

IQ2_XS

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

230 GB226.6 GB file

32K 229 GB · 128K 238 GB

IQ2_S

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

240 GB231.4 GB file

32K 239 GB · 128K 248 GB

IQ2_M

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

259 GB236.2 GB file

32K 258 GB · 128K 267 GB

IQ3_XXS

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

391 GB423.5 GB file

32K 446 GB · 128K 620 GB

GLM 5.1

296 GB268.3 GB file

32K 295 GB · 128K 304 GB

IQ3_XS

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

315 GB343.9 GB file

32K 314 GB · 128K 323 GB

IQ3_S

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

325 GB279.6 GB file

32K 324 GB · 128K 332 GB

IQ3_M

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

343 GB360.3 GB file

32K 342 GB · 128K 351 GB

Q3_K_L

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

391 GB358.9 GB file

32K 390 GB · 128K 398 GB

IQ4_XS

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

409 GB361.3 GB file

32K 408 GB · 128K 417 GB

IQ4_NL

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

428 GB368.9 GB file

32K 427 GB · 128K 436 GB

Q4_1

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

428 GB472.7 GB file

32K 427 GB · 128K 436 GB

Q4_K_S

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

428 GB433.9 GB file

32K 427 GB · 128K 436 GB

Q4_K_L

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

466 GB460.4 GB file

32K 465 GB · 128K 474 GB

Q5_K_S

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.1

523 GB525.9 GB file

32K 522 GB · 128K 530 GB

BF16

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

2004 GB~2000.0 GB file

32K 2058 GB · 128K 2232 GB

GLM 5.1

1512 GB1508.0 GB file

32K 1511 GB · 128K 1520 GB

How to run each

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Ollama · Q4_K_M

$ollama run hf.co/ggml-org/Mistral-Large-4-1T-A52B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

All ways to run Mistral Large 4 1T A52B →

GLM 5.1

Ollama · Q4_K_M

$ollama run hf.co/unsloth/GLM-5.1-GGUF:Q4_K_M

All ways to run GLM 5.1 →

Specifications

Specifications of Mistral Large 4 1T A52B and GLM 5.1
Spec	Mistral Large 4 1T A52B	GLM 5.1
Publisher	Mistral AI	Z.ai
Parameters	1000B	753.9B
Active parameters	52B per token	42B per token
Architecture	MistralLarge4ForConditionalGeneration	GlmMoeDsaForCausalLM
Context	1M tokens	198K tokens
Modalities	Vision, Function-calling	Chat, Function-calling
License	Other	MIT
Released	Sep 2026	Apr 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral Large 4 1T A52B or GLM 5.1?

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B and GLM 5.1 match in llmrun Score, with values of 118.0 versus 117.8; neither fits 24 GB. Choose Mistral Large 4 1T A52B for ahead on the benchmarks and longer context window; choose GLM 5.1 for stronger at agents and lighter on memory.

Which needs less VRAM, Mistral Large 4 1T A52B or GLM 5.1?

At Q4_K_M, Mistral Large 4 1T A52B requires 603.9 GB while GLM 5.1 needs 456.5 GB, making GLM 5.1 the easier model to run on your local setup.

Can I run Mistral Large 4 1T A52B or GLM 5.1 on a 16 GB GPU?

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B does not fit (smallest quant needs 304.3 GB); GLM 5.1 does not fit (smallest quant needs 209.1 GB).

Which has a longer context window, Mistral Large 4 1T A52B or GLM 5.1?

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B supports 1,048,576 tokens and GLM 5.1 supports 202,752 tokens.