Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Mistral

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #9 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 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-5.5 leads 81.7 to 22.3.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Mistral specifications
GPT-5.5Mistral
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index63.429.9
Released2026-04-23—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$30—
Results tracked7122

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Mistral
LMArena Coding14941162
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
LMArena WebDev1513—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
MirrorCode10%—
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Mistral
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
ExploitBench47.4%—
GBAEval53.2%—
GDP.pdf26%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#11), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Mistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14891149
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.1—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.7 (#11), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Mistral
LMArena Expert15081125
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified63%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12), Mistral: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Mistral
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Mistral
LMArena Non-English14671129
LMArena Chinese15331109
LMArena French14861180
LMArena German14801155
LMArena Japanese14981013
LMArena Korean14601032
LMArena Russian14731168
LMArena Spanish14681143

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Mistral
LMArena Instruction Following14791152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Mistral
LMArena Longer Query14841153
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Mistral
LMArena Text14721165
LMArena Creative Writing14551158
LMArena Multi-Turn14761147
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
WildBench—66%
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Mistral?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 or Mistral better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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