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Claude 2 vs Devstral 2 (123B)

Anthropic Claude 2 vs Mistral Devstral 2 (123B) — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 2
Mistral
Devstral 2 (123B)
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateJul 11 2023Dec 9 2025
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 shipped 882 days before Devstral 2 (123B)

Which is better: Claude 2 or Devstral 2 (123B)?

Claude 2 and Devstral 2 (123B) do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Claude 2 shipped 882 days before Devstral 2 (123B), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Devstral 2 (123B) is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 2 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 released?
Claude 2 was released by Anthropic on Jul 11 2023.
When was Devstral 2 (123B) released?
Devstral 2 (123B) was released by Mistral on Dec 9 2025.
Is Claude 2 or Devstral 2 (123B) open source?
Devstral 2 (123B) is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude 2 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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