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Pixtral 12B vs GPT-5 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Pixtral 12B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5 Mini wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Pixtral 12B
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Mini
Context Window
GPT-5 Mini
Speed
GPT-5 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeaturePixtral 12BGPT-5 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyPixtral 12BGPT-5 Mini
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMistral AIOpenAI
ReleasedUnknownAug 2025

Pixtral 12B Modalities

Input
Output

GPT-5 Mini Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Pixtral 12B has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Pixtral 12B has cheaper output pricing at $0.10/M tokens.
Pixtral 12B has a 128,000 token context window, while GPT-5 Mini has a 400,000 token context window.
Pixtral 12B supports vision. GPT-5 Mini supports vision.