Model comparison
GPT-5.3 Chat vs Mixtral 8x7B
GPT-5.3 Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.8 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Mixtral 8x7B costs 6.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.3 Chat's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.3 Chat scores higher in 8 categories and Mixtral 8x7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.3 Chat leads 63.1 to 34.2.
- Mixtral 8x7B is cheaper at $0.70 / $0.70 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.3 Chat.
- GPT-5.3 Chat accepts more context: 128K tokens versus 32K.
- Mixtral 8x7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-5.3 Chat | Mixtral 8x7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.8 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2026-03-03 | 2023-12-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 32K |
| Max output | 16K | 32K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.75 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $14 | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 38 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 41.4 (#124), Mixtral 8x7B: 32.8 (#269)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1408 | 1126 |
| HumanEval+ | — | 39.6% |
| MBPP+ | — | 49.7% |
Reasoning GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 28.5 (#102), Mixtral 8x7B: 18.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1399 | 1115 |
| DTBench | — | 49.6% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 55.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.47 |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |
| HellaSwag | — | 86.7% |
| PIQA | — | 83.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 77.2% |
Math GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.2 (#142), Mixtral 8x7B: 18.8 (#289)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1389 | 1147 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 10.5% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10% |
| GSM8K | — | 74.4% |
Knowledge GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.8 (#140), Mixtral 8x7B: 11.0 (#301)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1397 | 1088 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 30.6% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 33.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 29.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 87.3% |
| MMLU | — | 70.6% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 85.8% |
| TriviaQA | — | 82.2% |
Multilingual GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 50.3 (#124), Mixtral 8x7B: 29.6 (#266)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1382 | 1077 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1432 | 1055 |
| LMArena French | 1397 | 1166 |
| LMArena German | 1384 | 1114 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1352 | 931 |
| LMArena Korean | 1346 | 968 |
| LMArena Russian | 1400 | 1090 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1371 | 1111 |
Instruction Following GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 72.8 (#129), Mixtral 8x7B: 51.0 (#297)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1378 | 1109 |
| IFEval | — | 57.5% |
Long Context GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 42.6 (#120), Mixtral 8x7B: 33.4 (#260)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1396 | 1103 |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-5.3 Chat: 63.1 (#68), Mixtral 8x7B: 34.2 (#270)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Chat | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1389 | 1132 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1355 | 1109 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1412 | 1115 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1690 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.3 Chat better than Mixtral 8x7B?
GPT-5.3 Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.8 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Mixtral 8x7B costs 6.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.3 Chat's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.3 Chat or Mixtral 8x7B?
Mixtral 8x7B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens; GPT-5.3 Chat lists at $1.75 and $14.
Is GPT-5.3 Chat or Mixtral 8x7B better for coding?
GPT-5.3 Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 32.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5.3 Chat does, with 128K tokens against 32K.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.3 Chat and Mixtral 8x7B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.3 Chat has 18 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x7B has 38.