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GPT-5.3-Codex vs Mistral Small 3

How do these models stack up? Below is an expert side-by-side comparison of specifications, context window capacity, live pricing per million tokens, and standardized benchmark scores for GPT-5.3-Codex and Mistral Small 3.

OpenAI

GPT-5.3-Codex

GPT-5.3-Codex is OpenAI’s most advanced agentic coding model, combining the frontier software engineering performance of GPT-5.2-Codex with the broader reasoning and professional knowledge capabilities of GPT-5.2. It achieves state-of-the-art results...

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Mistral

Mistral Small 3

Mistral Small 3 is a 24B-parameter language model optimized for low-latency performance across common AI tasks. Released under the Apache 2.0 license, it features both pre-trained and instruction-tuned versions designed...

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Technical Specifications

SpecificationGPT-5.3-CodexMistral Small 3
ProviderOpenAIMistral
Context Window400,000 tokens32,768 tokens
Agent SuitabilityN/A84/100
Time to First Token (TTFT)N/A120 ms
Deployment Modelmanaged apimanaged api
Production Stabilitystablestable
API AvailableYesYes
Released Date2026-02-242025-01-30

API Pricing Comparison

Input Price per Million Tokens

GPT-5.3-Codex

$1.75

Mistral Small 3

$0.07

Output Price per Million Tokens

GPT-5.3-Codex

$14.00

Mistral Small 3

$0.20

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Benchmark Performance Metrics

Scores show the raw performance percentages verified across key evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior accuracy and capability in that domain.

MMLUGeneral knowledge & multi-task understanding
N/Avs8120.0%
GPT-5.3-Codex
Mistral Small 3
HumanEvalPython coding & logic synthesis
N/Avs8300.0%
GPT-5.3-Codex
Mistral Small 3
MATHComplex mathematical problem solving
N/Avs6800.0%
GPT-5.3-Codex
Mistral Small 3
GPQAGraduate-level expert reasoning
N/Avs4500.0%
GPT-5.3-Codex
Mistral Small 3
HellaSwagCommonsense reasoning and inference
N/Avs8500.0%
GPT-5.3-Codex
Mistral Small 3
MT-BenchMulti-turn conversation flow quality
N/Avs830.0%
GPT-5.3-Codex
Mistral Small 3

GPT-5.3-Codex Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.

Mistral Small 3 Quirks & Gotchas

  • Fastest TTFT at lowest cost — ideal for high-volume classification
  • Not designed for complex reasoning — route multi-step tasks to Mistral Large 3