Model comparison

GPT-5 Pro vs Mistral Large 4

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 4 costs 40× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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GPT-5 Pro OpenAI

46.4

Rank #64 Confirmed

Mistral Large 4 Mistral AI

43.1

Rank #99 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5 Pro leads 56.7 to 36.6.
  • Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $120 for GPT-5 Pro.
  • Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

GPT-5 Pro and Mistral Large 4 specifications
GPT-5 ProMistral Large 4
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index46.443.1
Released2025-10-062026-10-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K1.05M
Max output272K262K
Input $ / M tokens$15$0.68
Output $ / M tokens$120$2.09
Results tracked1215

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 4 leads

GPT-5 Pro: 44.0 (#80), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProMistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev—1541
WeirdML60.4%—
LMArena Coding—1475
AlgoTune1.31—

Reasoning GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 38.9 (#62), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProMistral Large 4
ARC-AGI-218.3%—
SimpleBench61.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark76.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)—27.4%
ARC-AGI-170.2%—
EnigmaEval18.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1444
Epoch Capabilities Index150.28—

Math GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 48.5 (#63), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProMistral Large 4
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 419.5%—
LMArena Math—1488
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 56.7 (#42), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProMistral Large 4
Humanity's Last Exam31.6%—
SimpleQA Verified—20%
LMArena Expert—1447

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProMistral Large 4
LMArena Non-English—1415
LMArena Chinese—1491
LMArena Russian—1414

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProMistral Large 4
LMArena Instruction Following—1424

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProMistral Large 4
LMArena Longer Query—1429

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProMistral Large 4
LMArena Text—1427
LMArena Creative Writing—1361
LMArena Multi-Turn—1424

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5 Pro better than Mistral Large 4?

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 4 costs 40× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5 Pro or Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; GPT-5 Pro lists at $15 and $120.

Is GPT-5 Pro or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Pro and Mistral Large 4 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.

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