GPT-6 Sol vs Mistral Large
Updated October 21, 2026. 32 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Only GPT-6 Sol has a coding score, 76.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mistral Large has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Mistral Large has the edge where output tokens cost 1.7x less.
- Shared results
- 32
- GPT-6 Sol only
- 68
- Mistral Large only
- 12
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only GPT-6 Sol has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol leads, 47.6 against 5.8.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Mistral Large has a GPQA Diamond result, 47.7%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Mistral Large has a AIME result, 9.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Mistral Large has a MMLU Pro result, 69.7%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GPT-6 Sol has a Design Arena: websites result, 1292.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol takes 1.05M tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Large
GPT-6 Sol $0.0070, Mistral Large $0.0050 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-6 Sol 76.0 from 5 benchmarks, Mistral Large not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Intelligence, 46.9 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Epoch Capabilities Index: GPT-6 Sol 163.7 against Mistral Large 122.1, 52.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-6 Sol $10.00 against Mistral Large $6.00 per million output tokens, 1.7x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-6 Sol takes 1.05M tokens, Mistral Large 128K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | GPT-6 Sol | Bars | Mistral Large | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 18 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 32 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 93.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1683 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 37.1% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 44.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 87.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 57.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 2.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 82.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 83.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 78.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 17.8% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| SciCode | 57.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| FrontierCode | 49.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2462.0 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1448 | 1275 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1433 | 1274 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1685 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1685 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1660 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 47.6 | 5.8 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 163.7 | 122.1 | GPT-6 Sol |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index17 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1231 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1238 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1210 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench research | 69.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench browser | 92.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 66.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 30.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 49.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 15.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 28.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 71.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 74.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 30.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Vals Science Index | 45.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| APEX-Agents | 54.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| SpireClimb | 7.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $14,428 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 47.7% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 88.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 30.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 35.1% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 47.9% | 3.5% | GPT-6 Sol |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 94.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| ARC-AGI | 95.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Chess puzzles | 56.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 56.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| EBR-bench | 53.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1422 | 1257 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1437 | 1208 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1420 | 1268 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1270 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1286 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 9.2% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 74.4% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.2% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 89.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 90.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| ProofBench | 83.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1407 | 1261 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1424 | 1257 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 69.7% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.8% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.2% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 51.5% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 60.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| MMLU | Not measured | 68.8% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1389 | 1260 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1366 | 1255 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1396 | 1275 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1380 | 1238 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1292 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1291 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1314 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1269 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1320 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1301 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1315 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1226 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench design | 82.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index180
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 81.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 56.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 44.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 82.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| DTBench | 97.3% | 60.8% | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMCA | 59.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Furniture assembly | 58.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text | 1398 | 1265 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1413 | 1249 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1378 | 1242 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1396 | 1284 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1388 | 1235 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1412 | 1239 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: German | 1379 | 1242 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1377 | 1170 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1336 | 1202 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: French | 1399 | 1325 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1387 | 1268 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1402 | 1252 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1372 | 1157 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1414 | 1260 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1416 | 1261 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1389 | 1261 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1373 | 1230 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1229 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1258 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1219 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Large costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Mistral Large costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Mistral Large costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | OpenAI GPT-6 Sol | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Mistral AI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | September 22, 2026 | February 26, 2024 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $6.00 |
| Coding index | 76.0 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-6 Sol better than Mistral Large for coding?
Only GPT-6 Sol has a coding score, 76.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mistral Large has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Mistral Large has the edge where output tokens cost 1.7x less.
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Sol or Mistral Large?
GPT-6 Sol costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Large costs $2.00 and $6.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-6 Sol or Mistral Large?
GPT-6 Sol, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-6 Sol vs Mistral Large comparison based on?
32 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-6 Sol's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Mistral Large's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.