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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

Mistral
Mistral Medium 3.5
OpenAI
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateApr 29 2026Feb 12 2026
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
128B
Context window
256k
128k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.6%
Timeline
Release gapGPT-5.3-Codex-Spark shipped 76 days before Mistral Medium 3.5

Which is better: Mistral Medium 3.5 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

Mistral Medium 3.5 and GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark shipped 76 days before Mistral Medium 3.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Context windows are 256k (Mistral Medium 3.5) vs 128k (GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark). Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Medium 3.5 and GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark 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-5.3-Codex-Spark released?
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark was released by OpenAI on Feb 12 2026.
How do the context windows of Mistral Medium 3.5 and GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark compare?
Mistral Medium 3.5 has a 256k context window; GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has 128k.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark open source?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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