GPT-5.3 Instant vs Mistral Large 2

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

GPT-5.3 Instant 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 Instant's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 78.7 against 41.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 83 to 44.

GPT-5.3 Instant 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.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3 Instant 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 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

82.9

Mistral Large 2

52.2

86
Terminal-Bench 2.0
51
82
BrowseComp
57
80
OSWorld-Verified
50

Coding

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

78.7

Mistral Large 2

41.8

88
HumanEval
60
76
SWE-bench Verified
49
75
LiveCodeBench
38
83
SWE-bench Pro
44

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

95

Mistral Large 2

61

95
MMMU-Pro
56
95
OfficeQA Pro
67

Reasoning

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

94.2

Mistral Large 2

67.5

96
SimpleQA
66
94
MuSR
64
97
BBH
82
92
LongBench v2
66
94
MRCRv2
68

Knowledge

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

80.8

Mistral Large 2

54.6

99
MMLU
68
98
GPQA
68
96
SuperGPQA
66
94
OpenBookQA
64
89
MMLU-Pro
74
44
HLE
12
92
FrontierScience
65

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

96

Mistral Large 2

83

96
IFEval
83

Multilingual

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

93.4

Mistral Large 2

79.1

96
MGSM
81
92
MMLU-ProX
78

Mathematics

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

97.2

Mistral Large 2

73.8

99
AIME 2023
68
99
AIME 2024
70
98
AIME 2025
69
95
HMMT Feb 2023
64
97
HMMT Feb 2024
66
96
HMMT Feb 2025
65
96
BRUMO 2025
67
98
MATH-500
82

Frequently Asked Questions

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

GPT-5.3 Instant is ahead overall, 87 to 59. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 83 and 44.

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

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.8 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 Instant or Mistral Large 2?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 78.7 versus 41.8. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3 Instant or Mistral Large 2?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97.2 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 Instant or Mistral Large 2?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 94.2 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 Instant or Mistral Large 2?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.9 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 Instant or Mistral Large 2?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 95 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 Instant or Mistral Large 2?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 96 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 Instant or Mistral Large 2?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 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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