Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Pixtral Large

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index. Pixtral Large costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #8 Confirmed

Pixtral Large Mistral AI

32.2

Rank #259 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 73.3 to 21.7.
  • Pixtral Large is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.5 Pro.
  • GPT-5.5 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
  • Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and Pixtral Large specifications
GPT-5.5 ProPixtral Large
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index64.332.2
Released2026-04-232024-11-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M128K
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$30$2
Output $ / M tokens$180$6
Results tracked143

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Category by category

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPixtral Large
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench76.9%—
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30.6%—
Chess Puzzles64%—
EnigmaEval—0.8%
DTBench96%—
LMCA53.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.07—

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10), Pixtral Large: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPixtral Large
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 478%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)52.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)39.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.1 (#19), Pixtral Large: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPixtral Large
GPQA Diamond93.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPixtral Large
LMArena Vision—1089

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPixtral Large
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—988

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Pixtral Large?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index. Pixtral Large costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 Pro or Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; GPT-5.5 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.5 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.

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