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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs GPT-5.3-Instant

Mistral
Mistral Medium 3.5
OpenAI
GPT-5.3-Instant
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateApr 29 2026Mar 3 2026
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
128B
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.6%
Timeline
Release gapGPT-5.3-Instant shipped 57 days before Mistral Medium 3.5

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

Mistral Medium 3.5 and GPT-5.3-Instant don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-5.3-Instant shipped 57 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-5.3-Instant is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Medium 3.5 and GPT-5.3-Instant 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-Instant released?
GPT-5.3-Instant was released by OpenAI on Mar 3 2026.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or GPT-5.3-Instant open source?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. GPT-5.3-Instant is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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