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Mistral NeMo vs GPT-5.4

Mistral
Mistral NeMo
OpenAI
GPT-5.4
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateJul 18 2024Mar 5 2026
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Specifications
Parameters
12B
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
48%
Next.js coding
Next.js Evals
83%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.0
75.1%
Software engineering
Expert-SWE (Internal)
68.5%
General tool use
Toolathlon
54.6%
Web browsing
BrowseComp
82.7%
Cybersecurity
CyberGym
79%
Advanced math
FrontierMath · Tier 1–3
47.6%
Advanced math
FrontierMath · Tier 4
27.1%
Science
GPQA Diamond
92.8%
Agentic computer use
OSWorld-Verified
75%
Knowledge work
GDPval (win/tie rate)
83%
Community preference
Arena Elo (Text)
1476
Timeline
Release gapMistral NeMo shipped 595 days before GPT-5.4

Which is better: Mistral NeMo or GPT-5.4?

Mistral NeMo and GPT-5.4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral NeMo shipped 595 days before GPT-5.4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral NeMo is open weight, while GPT-5.4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral NeMo and GPT-5.4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Mistral NeMo was released by Mistral on Jul 18 2024.

GPT-5.4 was released by OpenAI on Mar 5 2026.

Mistral NeMo is an open weight model released by Mistral. GPT-5.4 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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