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Claude 3 Opus vs Mistral Small 4

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Mistral
Mistral Small 4
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateMar 4 2024Mar 16 2026
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
33%
Science
GPQA Diamond
50.4%
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3 Opus shipped 742 days before Mistral Small 4

Which is better: Claude 3 Opus or Mistral Small 4?

Claude 3 Opus and Mistral Small 4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 3 Opus shipped 742 days before Mistral Small 4, 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 — Claude 3 Opus and Mistral Small 4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude 3 Opus was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.

Mistral Small 4 was released by Mistral on Mar 16 2026.

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