Compare/Mistral Small (Sep '24) vs gpt-oss-120B (high)

Mistral Small (Sep '24)vsgpt-oss-120B (high)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Mistral

Mistral Small (Sep '24)

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
172 tok/s
TTFT
0.42s
OpenAI

gpt-oss-120B (high)

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
253 tok/s
TTFT
0.49s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Lower Latency
Mistral Small (Sep '24)
Benchmarks (1-11)
gpt-oss-120B (high)

Pricing Comparison

MetricMistral Small (Sep '24)gpt-oss-120B (high)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.15
Output ($/M tokens)$0.6$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Mistral Small (Sep '24)$0.26
gpt-oss-120B (high)$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Mistral Small (Sep '24)
172 tok/s
gpt-oss-120B (high)
253 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Mistral Small (Sep '24)
0.42s
gpt-oss-120B (high)
0.49s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
10.233.3
Coding Index
28.6
Math Index
93.4
GPQA Diamond
38.1%78.2%
MMLU-Pro
52.9%80.8%
LiveCodeBench
14.1%87.8%
AIME 2025
93.4%
MATH-500
56.3%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.3%18.5%
SciCode
15.6%38.9%
IFBench
69.0%
TerminalBench
23.5%
Mistral Small (Sep '24)1 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-120B (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Mistral Small (Sep '24) or gpt-oss-120B (high)?

gpt-oss-120B (high) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.26/M tokens vs $0.30/M for Mistral Small (Sep '24).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-120B (high) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Mistral Small (Sep '24). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-120B (high) generates tokens faster at 253 tok/s vs 172 tok/s. Mistral Small (Sep '24) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.42s vs 0.49s).

When should I use Mistral Small (Sep '24) vs gpt-oss-120B (high)?

Choose based on your priorities: gpt-oss-120B (high) for lower cost, gpt-oss-120B (high) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-120B (high) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.