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Claude 2.1 vs Pixtral 24.09

Anthropic Claude 2.1 vs Mistral Pixtral 24.09 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 2.1
Mistral
Pixtral 24.09
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateNov 21 2023Sep 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 2.1 shipped 285 days before Pixtral 24.09

Which is better: Claude 2.1 or Pixtral 24.09?

Claude 2.1 and Pixtral 24.09 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Claude 2.1 shipped 285 days before Pixtral 24.09, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Pixtral 24.09 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 2.1 is proprietary.

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 Pixtral 24.09 released?
Pixtral 24.09 was released by Mistral on Sep 2024.
Is Claude 2.1 or Pixtral 24.09 open source?
Pixtral 24.09 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude 2.1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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