Model comparison

GPT-5.3 Codex vs Mistral Nemo

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 32× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.3 Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.3 Codex OpenAI

45.5

Rank #61 Reported

Mistral Nemo Mistral AI

25.9

Rank #332 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Nemo in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5.3 Codex leads 47.8 to 23.3.
  • Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.3 Codex.
  • GPT-5.3 Codex accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 128K.
  • Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.3 Codex and Mistral Nemo specifications
GPT-5.3 CodexMistral Nemo
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index45.525.9
Released2026-02-052024-07-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K128K
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$1.75$0.15
Output $ / M tokens$14$0.15
Results tracked810

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.5 (#51), Mistral Nemo: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexMistral Nemo
SWE-bench Verified74.8%—
LMArena WebDev1408—
WeirdML79.3%—
ALE-Bench1,655—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.3 Codex leads

GPT-5.3 Codex: 47.8 (#9), Mistral Nemo: 23.3 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexMistral Nemo
Terminal-Bench78.4%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.6%
BALROG—17.6%
METR Time Horizons74.5%—
Vending-Bench 25,940—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Mistral Nemo: 19.9 (#230)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexMistral Nemo
Epoch Capabilities Index156.84118.63
DTBench—48.6%
PIQA—83.5%

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#263)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexMistral Nemo
MATH Level 5—10.8%
GSM8K—84.2%

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#293)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexMistral Nemo
GPQA Diamond—29.9%
BoolQ—82.5%

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Mistral Nemo: 28.6 (#291)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexMistral Nemo
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—881

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.3 Codex better than Mistral Nemo?

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 32× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.3 Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.3 Codex or Mistral Nemo?

Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; GPT-5.3 Codex lists at $1.75 and $14.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.3 Codex does, with 400K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.3 Codex and Mistral Nemo share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.3 Codex has 8 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.

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