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Claude 2.1 vs Magistral Small

Anthropic Claude 2.1 vs Mistral Magistral Small — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 2.1
Mistral
Magistral Small
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateNov 21 2023Jun 10 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 2.1 shipped 567 days before Magistral Small

Which is better: Claude 2.1 or Magistral Small?

Claude 2.1 and Magistral Small do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Claude 2.1 shipped 567 days before Magistral Small, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 2.1 released?
Claude 2.1 was released by Anthropic on Nov 21 2023.
When was Magistral Small released?
Magistral Small was released by Mistral on Jun 10 2025.

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