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Pixtral 24.09 vs o3

Mistral Pixtral 24.09 vs OpenAI o3 — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Pixtral 24.09
OpenAI
o3
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateSep 2024Apr 16 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapPixtral 24.09 shipped 227 days before o3

Which is better: Pixtral 24.09 or o3?

Pixtral 24.09 and o3 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Pixtral 24.09 shipped 227 days before o3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Pixtral 24.09 is an open-source / open-weight model; o3 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 Pixtral 24.09 released?
Pixtral 24.09 was released by Mistral on Sep 2024.
When was o3 released?
o3 was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
Is Pixtral 24.09 or o3 open source?
Pixtral 24.09 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. o3 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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