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Claude 2.1 vs Mistral Small

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

Anthropic
Claude 2.1
Mistral
Mistral Small
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateNov 21 2023Feb 26 2024
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 97 days before Mistral Small

Which is better: Claude 2.1 or Mistral Small?

Claude 2.1 and Mistral Small do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Claude 2.1 shipped 97 days before Mistral 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 Mistral Small released?
Mistral Small was released by Mistral on Feb 26 2024.

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