Model comparison

GPT-6 Astra vs Mistral

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.8

Rank #1 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Astra scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Astra leads 93.5 to 22.3.

Side by side

GPT-6 Astra and Mistral specifications
GPT-6 AstraMistral
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index70.829.9
Released2026-09-03—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked5622

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraMistral
LMArena Coding14871162
DeepSWE74.1%—
FrontierCode53.3%—
LMArena WebDev1786—
FrontierSWE65.5%—
SciCode56.5%—
GSO79.4%—
WeirdML93.6%—
MirrorCode46.7%—
ALE-Bench2,951—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraMistral
APEX-Agents64.7%—
Remote Labor Index20.8%—
BALROG68.3%—
GDP.pdf34.2%—
Vending-Bench 215,515—

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraMistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14621149
ARC-AGI-295%—
NYT Connections (extended)98.1%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles72%—
EBR-Bench76.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles84%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA64.4%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index166.45—

Math GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraMistral
LMArena Math14651180
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 497.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench99%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraMistral
LMArena Expert14831125
GPQA Diamond95.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam54.8%—
SimpleQA Verified75.6%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.7%—
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3), Mistral: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraMistral
LMArena Vision1281—
Blueprint-Bench 249.7%—
Furniture Assembly80%—
LMArena Document1468—

Multilingual GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraMistral
LMArena Non-English14301129
LMArena Chinese14841109
LMArena French14561180
LMArena German14401155
LMArena Japanese13791013
LMArena Korean14261032
LMArena Russian14361168
LMArena Spanish14071143

Instruction Following GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraMistral
LMArena Instruction Following14501152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraMistral
LMArena Longer Query14561153

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraMistral
LMArena Text14411165
LMArena Creative Writing14181158
LMArena Multi-Turn14481147
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2173—
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Astra better than Mistral?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Astra or Mistral better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 73.7 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Astra and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Astra has 56 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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