Model comparison

GPT-5.1-Codex vs Mistral

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.6

Rank #186 Reported

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.1-Codex leads 41.9 to 33.8.

Side by side

GPT-5.1-Codex and Mistral specifications
GPT-5.1-CodexMistral
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index38.629.9
Released2025-11-12—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked622

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.9 (#116), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexMistral
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1337—
LMArena Coding—1162
ALE-Bench1,245—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: 38.0 (#33), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexMistral
Terminal-Bench60.4%—
METR Time Horizons70.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexMistral
LMArena Hard Prompts—1149

Math GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 30.3 (#235), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexMistral
ProofBench9%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%
LMArena Math—1180

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexMistral
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%
LMArena Expert—1125

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexMistral
LMArena Non-English—1129
LMArena Chinese—1109
LMArena French—1180
LMArena German—1155
LMArena Japanese—1013
LMArena Korean—1032
LMArena Russian—1168
LMArena Spanish—1143

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexMistral
IFEval—56.8%
LMArena Instruction Following—1152

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexMistral
LMArena Longer Query—1153

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexMistral
LMArena Text—1165
LMArena Creative Writing—1158
WildBench—66%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1147

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1-Codex better than Mistral?

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1-Codex or Mistral better for coding?

GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1-Codex and Mistral share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1-Codex has 6 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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