GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs Mistral 8x7B v0.2

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 32. 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 13.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 85 to 14.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is the reasoning model in the pair, while Mistral 8x7B v0.2 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 v0.2.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mistral 8x7B v0.2 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 v0.2

27.9

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
24
82
BrowseComp
34
83
OSWorld-Verified
28

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

13.3

91
HumanEval
21
80
SWE-bench Verified
16
80
LiveCodeBench
12
85
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

32.3

86
MMMU-Pro
26
91
OfficeQA Pro
40

Reasoning

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

35.2

94
SimpleQA
27
92
MuSR
25
97
BBH
62
91
LongBench v2
39
92
MRCRv2
38

Knowledge

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

28.9

97
MMLU
29
95
GPQA
28
93
SuperGPQA
26
91
OpenBookQA
24
88
MMLU-Pro
52
42
HLE
3
88
FrontierScience
35

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

67

92
IFEval
67

Multilingual

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

58.8

94
MGSM
62
89
MMLU-ProX
57

Mathematics

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

42

98
AIME 2023
29
98
AIME 2024
31
97
AIME 2025
30
94
HMMT Feb 2023
25
96
HMMT Feb 2024
27
95
HMMT Feb 2025
26
95
BRUMO 2025
28
98
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 85 and 14.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 28.9. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 13.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 42. 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 v0.2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 92.7 versus 35.2. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 versus 27.9. 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 v0.2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 32.3. 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 v0.2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92 versus 67. 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 v0.2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 58.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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