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Pixtral Large 2411 vs GPT-5 Codex

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Pixtral Large 2411 wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5 Codex wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Pixtral Large 2411
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Codex
Context Window
GPT-5 Codex
Speed
GPT-5 Codex

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricPixtral Large 2411GPT-5 CodexWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$1.25 GPT-5 Codex
Output (per 1M tokens)$6.00$10.00 Pixtral Large 2411
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$125000.00 GPT-5 Codex
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Pixtral Large 2411 is 13% cheaper overall.

Pixtral Large 2411 Providers

Mistral $2.00 (Cheapest)

GPT-5 Codex Providers

OpenAI $1.25 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Pixtral Large 2411 Wins
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GPT-5 Codex Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkPixtral Large 2411GPT-5 CodexWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
14.044.5
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-38.9-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
2.398.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
70.186.5
GPQA
Graduate-level science
50.583.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
26.184.0
AIME
Competition math
7.0--
GPT-5 Codex significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Pixtral Large 2411
131,072
tokens
GPT-5 Codex
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5 Codex has a 67% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricPixtral Large 2411GPT-5 CodexWinner
Tokens/second48.6 tok/s314.7 tok/s
Time to First Token0.46s10.95s
GPT-5 Codex responds 548% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeaturePixtral Large 2411GPT-5 Codex
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyPixtral Large 2411GPT-5 Codex
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorMistral AIOpenAI
ReleasedNov 2024Sep 2025

Pixtral Large 2411 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
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GPT-5 Codex Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 Codex has cheaper input pricing at $1.25/M tokens. Pixtral Large 2411 has cheaper output pricing at $6.00/M tokens.
GPT-5 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 38.9, compared to Pixtral Large 2411's score of N/A.
Pixtral Large 2411 has a 131,072 token context window, while GPT-5 Codex has a 400,000 token context window.
Pixtral Large 2411 supports vision. GPT-5 Codex supports vision.