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Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Mistral Large 3

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 16 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

OpenAI
74.24/100
Margin
23.8pts
← winning
50.4/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: GPT-5.4 #8 (Supported); Mistral Large 3 #113 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. GPT-5.4 and Mistral Large 3 share 16 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 36 results are unique to GPT-5.4; 0 to Mistral Large 3.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
16
GPT-5.4 only
36
Mistral Large 3 only
0
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for GPT-5.4 and Mistral Large 3 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 16 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

GPT-5.4 is priced at $2.50 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.50 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens for Mistral Large 3. GPT-5.4 has the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 128K for Mistral Large 3.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for GPT-5.4 and Mistral Large 3
CategoryGPT-5.4ΔMistral Large 3
AgenticGPT-5.477.2MarginNo overlapMistral Large 3Not measured
CodingGPT-5.457.7MarginNo overlapMistral Large 3Not measured
KnowledgeGPT-5.457.6MarginNo overlapMistral Large 3Not measured
MathGPT-5.442.5MarginNo overlapMistral Large 3Not measured
MultimodalGPT-5.473.2MarginNo overlapMistral Large 3Not measured

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGPT-5.4Mistral Large 3Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGPT-5.4$2.5 input / $15 outputMistral Large 3$0.5 input / $1.5 outputMistral Large 3 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGPT-5.474 tok/sMistral Large 348 tok/sGPT-5.4 has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGPT-5.4151.79 sMistral Large 31.04 sMistral Large 3 reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGPT-5.41.05MMistral Large 3128KGPT-5.4 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Mistral Large 3Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 75.1%Not comparable
CyberGymSource 79.0%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 82.7%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 75%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 70.6%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 54.6%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 87.1%24.6%GPT-5.4 leads
Claw-EvalSource 60.3%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 73.6%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 41.1%5.5%GPT-5.4 leads
APEX-Agents-AASource 33.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 44.7%6.6%GPT-5.4 leads
GDPval-AASource 1395633GPT-5.4 leads
Gert LabsSource 64.89%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 15.3%Not comparable
JobBenchSource 38.9%Not comparable
ExploitGymSource 6.0%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Mistral Large 3Result
LiveCodeBench ProSource 87.5%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 57.7%Not comparable
React Native EvalsSource 85.3%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 67.42%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 71.0%20.1%GPT-5.4 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 56.6%36.2%GPT-5.4 leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Mistral Large 3Result
AA-LCRSource 74.0%34.7%GPT-5.4 leads
CritPtSource 23.4%0.0%GPT-5.4 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Mistral Large 3Result
GPQASource 92.8%Not comparable
HLESource 52.1%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 39.8%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 92.8%Not comparable
HealthBench HardSource 40.1%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (Text)Source 59.6%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 51.4%15.9%GPT-5.4 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 92.0%68.0%GPT-5.4 leads
AA-HLESource 41.6%4.1%GPT-5.4 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 5.7%-39.4%GPT-5.4 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 50.0%24.1%GPT-5.4 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 88.6%83.7%Mistral Large 3 leads
HealthBench ProfessionalSource 48.1%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Mistral Large 3Result
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 47.600%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 27.100%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Mistral Large 3Result
MMMU-ProSource 81.2%Not comparable
OfficeQA ProSource 53.2%Not comparable
MMMU-Pro w/ PythonSource 82.1%Not comparable
CharXivSource 82.8%Not comparable
ERQASource 65.4%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource 61.1%Not comparable
ScreenSpot ProSource 85.4%Not comparable
ZeroBenchSource 41.0%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)Source 77.1%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 78.4%55.7%GPT-5.4 leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1252Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Mistral Large 3Result
AA-IFBenchSource 73.9%36.2%GPT-5.4 leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare GPT-5.4 and Mistral Large 3 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for GPT-5.4 and Mistral Large 3 today?

GPT-5.4: $2.50 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens Mistral Large 3: $0.50 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

GPT-5.4
API / mo$13,125
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Mistral Large 3
API / mo$1,500
Self-host / mo$9,110
Break-even380M/day
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 20, 2026

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