GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs Mistral Large 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 59. 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 41.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 80 to 38.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is the reasoning model in the pair, while Mistral Large 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 128K for Mistral Large 2.

Quick Verdict

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

52.2

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
51
82
BrowseComp
57
83
OSWorld-Verified
50

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

Mistral Large 2

41.8

91
HumanEval
60
80
SWE-bench Verified
49
80
LiveCodeBench
38
85
SWE-bench Pro
44

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

Mistral Large 2

61

86
MMMU-Pro
56
91
OfficeQA Pro
67

Reasoning

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

Mistral Large 2

67.5

94
SimpleQA
66
92
MuSR
64
97
BBH
82
91
LongBench v2
66
92
MRCRv2
68

Knowledge

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

Mistral Large 2

54.6

97
MMLU
68
95
GPQA
68
93
SuperGPQA
66
91
OpenBookQA
64
88
MMLU-Pro
74
42
HLE
12
88
FrontierScience
65

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

Mistral Large 2

83

92
IFEval
83

Multilingual

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

Mistral Large 2

79.1

94
MGSM
81
89
MMLU-ProX
78

Mathematics

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

Mistral Large 2

73.8

98
AIME 2023
68
98
AIME 2024
70
97
AIME 2025
69
94
HMMT Feb 2023
64
96
HMMT Feb 2024
66
95
HMMT Feb 2025
65
95
BRUMO 2025
67
98
MATH-500
82

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral Large 2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 59. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 80 and 38.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Mistral Large 2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 54.6. 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 Large 2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 41.8. 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 Large 2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 73.8. 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 Large 2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 92.7 versus 67.5. 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 Large 2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 versus 52.2. 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 Large 2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 61. 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 Large 2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92 versus 83. 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 Large 2?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 79.1. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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