GPT-5.2 Pro vs Mistral Large 3

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

GPT-5.2 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 90 to 61. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.2 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 84.8 against 41. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 89 to 42.

GPT-5.2 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $25.00 input / $150.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens for Mistral Large 3. That is roughly 25.0x on output cost alone. GPT-5.2 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Mistral Large 3 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.2 Pro gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 128K for Mistral Large 3.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mistral Large 3 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

85.9

Mistral Large 3

52.5

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
52
88
BrowseComp
58
82
OSWorld-Verified
49

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

Mistral Large 3

41

93
HumanEval
68
83
SWE-bench Verified
45
81
LiveCodeBench
39
89
SWE-bench Pro
42

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

Mistral Large 3

75.5

96
MMMU-Pro
75
96
OfficeQA Pro
76

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

Mistral Large 3

70.6

97
SimpleQA
73
95
MuSR
71
98
BBH
81
93
LongBench v2
67
95
MRCRv2
67

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

Mistral Large 3

57.1

99
MMLU
76
99
GPQA
75
97
SuperGPQA
73
95
OpenBookQA
71
90
MMLU-Pro
74
44
HLE
12
93
FrontierScience
67

Instruction Following

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95

Mistral Large 3

83

95
IFEval
83

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

Mistral Large 3

78.8

96
MGSM
82
92
MMLU-ProX
77

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

98.2

Mistral Large 3

77.3

99
AIME 2023
76
99
AIME 2024
78
99
AIME 2025
77
96
HMMT Feb 2023
72
98
HMMT Feb 2024
74
97
HMMT Feb 2025
73
97
BRUMO 2025
75
99
MATH-500
80

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or Mistral Large 3?

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 61. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 89 and 42.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Mistral Large 3?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 57.1. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Pro or Mistral Large 3?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 41. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.2 Pro or Mistral Large 3?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 77.3. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.2 Pro or Mistral Large 3?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 70.6. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Mistral Large 3?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 52.5. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Mistral Large 3?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 75.5. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.2 Pro or Mistral Large 3?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 83. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Mistral Large 3?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 78.8. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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