Compare Mistral Small Creative by Mistral AI against GPT-5 by OpenAI, in 1 community votes, mistral small creative wins 100% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 33K vs 400K, tested across 47 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Mistral Small Creative is the better choice overall, winning 100% of 1 blind community votes on Rival. Mistral Small Creative costs $0.1/M input tokens vs $1.25/M for GPT-5. Context windows: 33K vs 400K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Mistral Small Creative is made by mistral while GPT-5 is from openai. Mistral Small Creative has a 33K token context window compared to GPT-5's 400K. On pricing, Mistral Small Creative costs $0.1/M input tokens vs $1.25/M for GPT-5. In community voting, In 1 community votes, Mistral Small Creative wins 100% of head-to-head duels.
In 1 community votes, Mistral Small Creative wins 100% of head-to-head duels. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 1+ human preference judgments for this pair.
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Tests an AI's ability to make educated estimates based on technical knowledge
Tests an AI's ability to understand game rules and strategy
Tests an AI's ability to solve a simple but potentially confusing logic puzzle
Tests an AI's understanding of number representation
Tests an AI's randomness and creativity
Tests an AI's ability to generate vector graphics
Tests an AI's ability to create detailed SVG illustrations of gaming hardware
Tests an AI's humor and creative writing ability
Tests an AI's ability to simulate personalities and predict future trends
Tests an AI's humor and understanding of current events
Tests an AI's ability to write in distinct character voices
Tests an AI's ability to generate a complete, working landing page
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Pick Mistral Small Creative. In 1 blind votes, Mistral Small Creative wins 100% of the time. That's not luck.
Mistral Small Creative is 33x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Mistral Small Creative uses 50.5x more emoji
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