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Codestral 25.01 vs GPT-5-Codex-Mini

Mistral
Codestral 25.01
OpenAI
GPT-5-Codex-Mini
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateJan 13 2025Nov 8 2025
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Specifications
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Timeline
Release gapCodestral 25.01 shipped 299 days before GPT-5-Codex-Mini

Which is better: Codestral 25.01 or GPT-5-Codex-Mini?

Codestral 25.01 and GPT-5-Codex-Mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Codestral 25.01 shipped 299 days before GPT-5-Codex-Mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Codestral 25.01 and GPT-5-Codex-Mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Codestral 25.01 was released by Mistral on Jan 13 2025.

GPT-5-Codex-Mini was released by OpenAI on Nov 8 2025.

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