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Mixtral 8×22B vs GPT-5-Codex

Mistral Mixtral 8×22B vs OpenAI GPT-5-Codex — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Mixtral 8×22B
OpenAI
GPT-5-Codex
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateApr 10 2024Sep 15 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMixtral 8×22B shipped 523 days before GPT-5-Codex

Which is better: Mixtral 8×22B or GPT-5-Codex?

Mixtral 8×22B and GPT-5-Codex do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Mixtral 8×22B shipped 523 days before GPT-5-Codex, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mixtral 8×22B is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-5-Codex is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Mixtral 8×22B released?
Mixtral 8×22B was released by Mistral on Apr 10 2024.
When was GPT-5-Codex released?
GPT-5-Codex was released by OpenAI on Sep 15 2025.
Is Mixtral 8×22B or GPT-5-Codex open source?
Mixtral 8×22B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. GPT-5-Codex is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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