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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
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
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 open weight, while 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

Mistral Medium 3.5 was released by Mistral on Apr 29 2026.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark was released by OpenAI on Feb 12 2026.

Mistral Medium 3.5 has a 256k context window; GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has 128k.

Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open weight model released by Mistral. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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