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Claude 1 vs Mistral Medium 3.5

Anthropic Claude 1 vs Mistral Mistral Medium 3.5 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 1
Mistral
Mistral Medium 3.5
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateMar 14 2023Apr 29 2026
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
128B
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.6%
Timeline
Release gapClaude 1 shipped 1142 days before Mistral Medium 3.5

Which is better: Claude 1 or Mistral Medium 3.5?

Claude 1 and Mistral Medium 3.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 1 shipped 1142 days before Mistral Medium 3.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 1 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 1 and Mistral Medium 3.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 1 released?
Claude 1 was released by Anthropic on Mar 14 2023.
When was Mistral Medium 3.5 released?
Mistral Medium 3.5 was released by Mistral on Apr 29 2026.
Is Claude 1 or Mistral Medium 3.5 open source?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude 1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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