Model comparison

GPT-5.1 vs Mistral

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

49.0

Rank #53 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5.1 leads 50.6 to 16.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Omni-MATH: 46.4% for GPT-5.1 and 7.2% for Mistral.

Side by side

GPT-5.1 and Mistral specifications
GPT-5.1Mistral
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index49.029.9
Released2025-11-13—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked6322

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 46.4 (#66), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Mistral
LMArena Coding14541162
SWE-bench Verified68%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1395—
SciCode43.3%—
GSO13.7%—
WeirdML60.8%—
LiveBench Coding72.5%—
ALE-Bench1,192—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 32.7 (#60), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Mistral
Terminal-Bench47.6%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
LMArena Search1199—
Vending-Bench 21,473—

Reasoning GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 39.8 (#58), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Mistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14571149
ARC-AGI-217.6%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
ARC-AGI-172.8%—
CritPt4.9%—
Chess Puzzles32%—
EnigmaEval11.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning95.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench90.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis72.1%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.64—
ForecastBench58.1—
LiveBench78.8%—

Math GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 52.2 (#51), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Mistral
Omni-MATH46.4%7.2%
LMArena Math14471180
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.6%—
LiveBench Math94.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)31%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)12.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 50.6 (#71), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Mistral
MMLU-Pro57.9%27.7%
GPQA (HELM)44.2%30.3%
LMArena Expert14701125
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam23.7%—
SimpleQA Verified48%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 44.8 (#19), Mistral: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Mistral
LMArena Vision1250—
VPCT58.7%—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 53.8 (#56), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Mistral
LMArena Non-English14311129
LMArena Chinese14951109
LMArena French14501180
LMArena German14381155
LMArena Japanese14531013
LMArena Korean14011032
LMArena Russian14351168
LMArena Spanish14331143

Instruction Following GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 83.9 (#1), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Mistral
IFEval93.5%56.8%
LMArena Instruction Following14431152
LiveBench Instruction Following93.3%—

Long Context GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Mistral
LMArena Longer Query14471153
CL-bench23.7%—
CL-bench Life17.3%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 64.5 (#55), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Mistral
LMArena Text14431165
LMArena Creative Writing14271158
WildBench86.3%66%
LMArena Multi-Turn14501147
LiveBench Language80.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than Mistral?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1 or Mistral better for coding?

GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and Mistral share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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