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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs GPT-4

Mistral
Mistral Medium 3.5
OpenAI
GPT-4
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateApr 29 2026Mar 14 2023
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
128B
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.6%
Timeline
Release gapGPT-4 shipped 1142 days before Mistral Medium 3.5

Which is better: Mistral Medium 3.5 or GPT-4?

Mistral Medium 3.5 and GPT-4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-4 shipped 1142 days before Mistral Medium 3.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Medium 3.5 and GPT-4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Mistral Medium 3.5 released?
Mistral Medium 3.5 was released by Mistral on Apr 29 2026.
When was GPT-4 released?
GPT-4 was released by OpenAI on Mar 14 2023.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or GPT-4 open source?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. GPT-4 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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