Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Pro vs Mistral Nemo

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 385× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.3

Rank #39 Reported

Mistral Nemo Mistral AI

26.4

Rank #337 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Nemo in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 65.3 to 25.5.
  • Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $21 / $168 for GPT-5.2 Pro.
  • GPT-5.2 Pro accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 128K.
  • Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Pro and Mistral Nemo specifications
GPT-5.2 ProMistral Nemo
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index52.326.4
Released2025-12-112024-07-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K128K
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$21$0.15
Output $ / M tokens$168$0.15
Results tracked810

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Category by category

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProMistral Nemo
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.6%
BALROG—17.6%

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33), Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProMistral Nemo
Epoch Capabilities Index155.4118.68
ARC-AGI-254.2%—
SimpleBench57.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
DTBench—48.6%
PIQA—83.5%

Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29), Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProMistral Nemo
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74%—
FrontierMath Tier 446%—
MATH Level 5—10.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)31.3%—
GSM8K—84.2%

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProMistral Nemo
GPQA Diamond—29.9%
BoolQ—82.5%

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProMistral Nemo
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—881

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 Pro better than Mistral Nemo?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 385× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 Pro or Mistral Nemo?

Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 Pro lists at $21 and $168.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.2 Pro does, with 400K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Pro and Mistral Nemo share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.

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