Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Mistral Small 3.2

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.2 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #280 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Small 3.2 in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-4.5 leads 56.9 to 45.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 68.7% for GPT-4.5 and 49.1% for Mistral Small 3.2.
  • Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.5 and Mistral Small 3.2 specifications
GPT-4.5Mistral Small 3.2
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index37.231.2
Released2025-02-272025-06-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—256K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.0938
Output $ / M tokens—$0.25
Results tracked426

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Mistral Small 3.2
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—
LMArena Coding1396—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Mistral Small 3.2
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Mistral Small 3.2 leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Mistral Small 3.2
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74131.74
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—40.4%
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
Chess Puzzles—1%
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1403—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Mistral Small 3.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%30.3%
LiveBench Math69.3%—
LMArena Math1412—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Mistral Small 3.2
GPQA Diamond68.7%49.1%
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Mistral Small 3.2
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Mistral Small 3.2
LMArena Non-English1413—
LMArena Chinese1421—
LMArena French1418—
LMArena German1457—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Russian1419—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Mistral Small 3.2
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—
LMArena Instruction Following1404—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Mistral Small 3.2
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—
LMArena Longer Query1406—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Mistral Small 3.2
EQ-Bench Creative Writing12581255
LMArena Text1417—
LMArena Creative Writing1394—
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1444—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Mistral Small 3.2?

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.

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