GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs Mistral 8x7B

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

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 87 to 48. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 82.3 against 25.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 80 to 23.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is the reasoning model in the pair, while Mistral 8x7B 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-5.3-Codex-Spark gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for Mistral 8x7B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mistral 8x7B only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

85.6

Mistral 8x7B

41.1

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
40
82
BrowseComp
47
83
OSWorld-Verified
38

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

Mistral 8x7B

25.8

91
HumanEval
55
80
SWE-bench Verified
28
80
LiveCodeBench
23
85
SWE-bench Pro
28

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

Mistral 8x7B

48.3

86
MMMU-Pro
42
91
OfficeQA Pro
56

Reasoning

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

Mistral 8x7B

60.3

94
SimpleQA
63
92
MuSR
61
97
BBH
76
91
LongBench v2
57
92
MRCRv2
53

Knowledge

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

Mistral 8x7B

48.4

97
MMLU
65
95
GPQA
64
93
SuperGPQA
62
91
OpenBookQA
60
88
MMLU-Pro
65
42
HLE
8
88
FrontierScience
56

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

Mistral 8x7B

78

92
IFEval
78

Multilingual

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

Mistral 8x7B

72.1

94
MGSM
74
89
MMLU-ProX
71

Mathematics

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

Mistral 8x7B

68.1

98
AIME 2023
65
98
AIME 2024
67
97
AIME 2025
66
94
HMMT Feb 2023
61
96
HMMT Feb 2024
63
95
HMMT Feb 2025
62
95
BRUMO 2025
64
98
MATH-500
73

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 48. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 80 and 23.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 48.4. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 25.8. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 68.1. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 92.7 versus 60.3. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 versus 41.1. 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-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 48.3. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92 versus 78. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 72.1. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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