Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Pixtral Large

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Pixtral Large Mistral AI

32.2

Rank #259 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 2 categories and Pixtral Large in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-4.5 leads 56.9 to 32.9.
  • Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.5 and Pixtral Large specifications
GPT-4.5Pixtral Large
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index37.232.2
Released2025-02-272024-11-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked423

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), Pixtral Large: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Pixtral Large
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—
LMArena Coding1396—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), Pixtral Large: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Pixtral Large
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Pixtral Large leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Pixtral Large
EnigmaEval3.2%0.8%
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1403—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), Pixtral Large: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Pixtral Large
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
LiveBench Math69.3%—
LMArena Math1412—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), Pixtral Large: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Pixtral Large
GPQA Diamond68.7%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—

Multimodal GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Pixtral Large
LMArena Vision11951089
VPCT45%—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), Pixtral Large: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Pixtral Large
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), Pixtral Large: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Pixtral Large
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—
LMArena Instruction Following1404—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), Pixtral Large: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Pixtral Large
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—
LMArena Longer Query1406—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Pixtral Large
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258988
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 Pixtral Large?

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Pixtral Large share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.

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