Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Pixtral Large

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.5

Rank #99 Confirmed

Pixtral Large Mistral AI

31.7

Rank #257 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher in 3 categories and Pixtral Large in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.5 Instant leads 62.0 to 32.9.
  • Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Instant and Pixtral Large specifications
GPT-5.5 InstantPixtral Large
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index42.531.7
Released2026-05-052024-11-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked273

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.7 (#73), Pixtral Large: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantPixtral Large
SciCode48.6%—
LMArena Coding1433—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.2 (#149), Pixtral Large: 20.9 (#208)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantPixtral Large
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
EnigmaEval—0.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts1426—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.48—

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.1 (#241), Pixtral Large: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantPixtral Large
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%—
LMArena Math1420—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#68), Pixtral Large: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantPixtral Large
GPQA Diamond82.5%—
LMArena Expert1409—

Multimodal GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 39.3 (#48), Pixtral Large: 30.0 (#105)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantPixtral Large
LMArena Vision12501089
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 53.0 (#76), Pixtral Large: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantPixtral Large
LMArena Non-English1417—
LMArena Chinese1457—
LMArena French1428—
LMArena German1410—
LMArena Japanese1408—
LMArena Korean1393—
LMArena Russian1430—
LMArena Spanish1430—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.4 (#94), Pixtral Large: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantPixtral Large
LMArena Instruction Following1407—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#92), Pixtral Large: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantPixtral Large
LMArena Longer Query1422—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 62.0 (#81), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantPixtral Large
LMArena Text1419—
LMArena Creative Writing1420—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—988
LMArena Multi-Turn1434—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Instant better than Pixtral Large?

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Instant and Pixtral Large share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.

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