Model comparison

GPT-5-Codex vs Mistral

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5-Codex OpenAI

37.9

Rank #192 Reported

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5-Codex leads 30.9 to 22.2.

Side by side

GPT-5-Codex and Mistral specifications
GPT-5-CodexMistral
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index37.929.9
Released2025-09-15—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked322

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 42.4 (#103), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral
WeirdML54.5%—
LMArena Coding—1162

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: 31.0 (#72), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral
Terminal-Bench44.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.9 (#83), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1149

Math Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral
Omni-MATH—7.2%
LMArena Math—1180

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%
LMArena Expert—1125

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral
LMArena Non-English—1129
LMArena Chinese—1109
LMArena French—1180
LMArena German—1155
LMArena Japanese—1013
LMArena Korean—1032
LMArena Russian—1168
LMArena Spanish—1143

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral
IFEval—56.8%
LMArena Instruction Following—1152

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral
LMArena Longer Query—1153

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral
LMArena Text—1165
LMArena Creative Writing—1158
WildBench—66%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1147

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5-Codex better than Mistral?

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5-Codex or Mistral better for coding?

GPT-5-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5-Codex and Mistral share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5-Codex has 3 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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