Pixtral 24.09 vs o3
Mistral Pixtral 24.09 | OpenAI o3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Mistral | OpenAI |
| Release date | Sep 2024 | Apr 16 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 26% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Pixtral 24.09 shipped 227 days before o3 | |
Which is better: Pixtral 24.09 or o3?
Pixtral 24.09 and o3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Pixtral 24.09 shipped 227 days before o3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Pixtral 24.09 is open weight, while o3 is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Pixtral 24.09 and o3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Pixtral 24.09 was released by Mistral on Sep 2024.
o3 was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
Pixtral 24.09 is an open weight model released by Mistral. o3 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.