Model comparison

GPT-5-Codex vs Mistral Nemo

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5-Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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GPT-5-Codex OpenAI

37.9

Rank #192 Reported

Mistral Nemo Mistral AI

26.4

Rank #337 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5-Codex leads 30.9 to 20.7.
  • Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for GPT-5-Codex.
  • GPT-5-Codex accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 128K.
  • Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5-Codex and Mistral Nemo specifications
GPT-5-CodexMistral Nemo
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index37.926.4
Released2025-09-152024-07-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K128K
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$0.15
Output $ / M tokens$10$0.15
Results tracked310

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: 42.4 (#103), Mistral Nemo: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral Nemo
WeirdML54.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 31.0 (#72), Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral Nemo
Terminal-Bench44.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.6%
BALROG—17.6%

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.9 (#83), Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral Nemo
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
DTBench—48.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—118.68
PIQA—83.5%

Math Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)

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

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral Nemo
GPQA Diamond—29.9%
BoolQ—82.5%

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMistral Nemo
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—881

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5-Codex better than Mistral Nemo?

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5-Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5-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-Codex lists at $1.25 and $10.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5-Codex does, with 400K tokens against 128K.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5-Codex has 3 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.

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