Voxtral Small 24B 2507 vs GPT-5 Chat
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 comes out ahead, 55 to 31 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
Mistral AIVoxtral Small 24B 2507
55/100- ECI—
- Price$0.10 / $0.40
- Context33K
OpenAIGPT-5 Chat
31/100- ECI—
- Price$1.25 / $10.00
- Context400K
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Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is our pick
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is the better all-round choice, scoring 55/100 against GPT-5 Chat (31). It leads on price and inputs & features. GPT-5 Chat wins on context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceVoxtral Small 24B 2507Voxtral Small 24B 2507 $0.175 · GPT-5 Chat $3.44 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGPT-5 ChatGPT-5 Chat 400,000 · Voxtral Small 24B 2507 32,768 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsVoxtral Small 24B 2507: Text, Audio · GPT-5 Chat: Text, Images
- Self-hostingVoxtral Small 24B 2507Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Voxtral Small 24B 2507 | GPT-5 Chat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 82 | 23 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 45 | 35 |
| Context window | 20% | 0 | 44 |
| Overall | 100% | 55/100 | 31/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Voxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral AI | GPT-5 ChatOpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.10 (best) | $1.25 |
| Output | $0.40 (best) | $10.00 |
| Cached input | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.175 (best) | $3.44 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Mistral API | Median of 5 providers |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 32,768 tokens | 400,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 32,768 tokens | 128,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No |
| Audio | Yes | No |
| Video | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | No |
| Structured output | Yes | No |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | OpenApache 2.0 | Proprietary |
| API model ID | voxtral-small-latest | — |
| API providers | 10 (best) | 5 |
| Released | Jul 15, 2025 | Aug 7, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Sep 30, 2024 |
What would a month cost?
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- Voxtral Small 24B 2507$1.80
- GPT-5 Chat$32.50
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Voxtral Small 24B 2507 or GPT-5 Chat?
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is the better all-round choice, scoring 55/100 against GPT-5 Chat (31). It leads on price and inputs & features. GPT-5 Chat wins on context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Voxtral Small 24B 2507 or GPT-5 Chat?
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). GPT-5 Chat costs $1.25 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (median across 5 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.175 per million tokens for Voxtral Small 24B 2507 versus $3.44 for GPT-5 Chat (20× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Voxtral Small 24B 2507 has not been scored yet and GPT-5 Chat has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Voxtral Small 24B 2507 and GPT-5 Chat yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that GPT-5 Chat does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5 Chat has the largest context window at 400,000 tokens, against 32,768 for Voxtral Small 24B 2507. Maximum output per response: Voxtral Small 24B 2507 up to 32,768, GPT-5 Chat up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 accepts text and audio; GPT-5 Chat accepts text and images. They handle the same number of input types.
Are any of these open source?
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; GPT-5 Chat is proprietary.
Which is newer?
GPT-5 Chat is the newest, released Aug 7, 2025. Voxtral Small 24B 2507 came out Jul 15, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-5 Chat Sep 30, 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
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