GPT-4ovsMistral Large 2
OpenAI
🏆 Overall WinnerGPT-4o
OpenAI's flagship multimodal model
Arena ELO
1314
Context
128K
Speed
110 t/s
Input/1M
$2.5
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2
Europe's frontier model — 80+ languages
Arena ELO
1219
Context
128K
Speed
95 t/s
Input/1M
$2
Capability Radar
Category performance across 6 domains
Benchmark Scores
MMLU · HumanEval · MATH · GSM8K · GPQA · BBH
GPT-4o
Pros
✓Best-in-class multimodal capabilities
✓Fastest major frontier model
✓Extensive third-party integrations
Cons
✗Higher cost than alternatives
✗Context window smaller than Gemini 1.5 Pro
Mistral Large 2
Pros
✓Best-in-class multilingual (80+ languages)
✓EU-based GDPR compliance
✓Excellent HumanEval coding score
Cons
✗No vision capabilities
✗GPQA scores trail GPT-4o/Claude
🏆 Our Verdict
Based on overall benchmark averages, GPT-4o has the edge with an average score of 81.6% across all benchmarks. However, the best choice depends on your use case — GPT-4o excels in best-in-class multimodal capabilities, while Mistral Large 2 stands out for best-in-class multilingual (80+ languages).