Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Codex vs Mistral Medium 3.1

GPT-5.2 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Medium 3.1 costs 6.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Codex OpenAI

42.6

Rank #111 Reported

Mistral Medium 3.1 Mistral AI

31.9

Rank #266 Reported

Summary

  • Mistral Medium 3.1 is cheaper at $0.40 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.2 Codex.
  • GPT-5.2 Codex accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Codex and Mistral Medium 3.1 specifications
GPT-5.2 CodexMistral Medium 3.1
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index42.631.9
Released2025-12-18—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K131K
Max output128K105K
Input $ / M tokens$1.75$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$14$2
Results tracked53

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: 45.5 (#71), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexMistral Medium 3.1
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1339—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.3%—
ALE-Bench1,300—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: 41.0 (#22), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexMistral Medium 3.1
Terminal-Bench66.5%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexMistral Medium 3.1
NYT Connections (extended)—6.5%
Thematic Generalization—20.3%

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexMistral Medium 3.1
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1476

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 Codex better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

GPT-5.2 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Medium 3.1 costs 6.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 Codex or Mistral Medium 3.1?

Mistral Medium 3.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 Codex lists at $1.75 and $14.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.2 Codex does, with 400K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Codex and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Codex has 5 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.

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