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Mistral Small 3.1 24B vs GPT-5.2 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Mistral Small 3.1 24B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Mistral Small 3.1 24B
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
Mistral Small 3.1 24B

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMistral Small 3.1 24BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.03$21.00 Mistral Small 3.1 24B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.11$168.00 Mistral Small 3.1 24B
Cache Read (per 1M)$15000.00N/A Mistral Small 3.1 24B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Mistral Small 3.1 24B is 100% cheaper overall.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Providers

Chutes $0.03 (Cheapest)
Cloudflare $0.35

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Mistral Small 3.1 24B Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMistral Small 3.1 24BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
14.051.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
13.948.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
3.799.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
65.987.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
45.490.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
21.288.9
AIME
Competition math
9.3--
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Mistral Small 3.1 24B
131,072
tokens
Max output: 131,072 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 67% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricMistral Small 3.1 24BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/second104.2 tok/s98.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.29s46.57s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMistral Small 3.1 24BGPT-5.2 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMistral Small 3.1 24BGPT-5.2 Pro
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMistral AIOpenAI
ReleasedMar 2025Dec 2025

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mistral Small 3.1 24B has cheaper input pricing at $0.03/M tokens. Mistral Small 3.1 24B has cheaper output pricing at $0.11/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to Mistral Small 3.1 24B's score of 13.9.
Mistral Small 3.1 24B has a 131,072 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
Mistral Small 3.1 24B supports vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.