Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) vs Mistral Large 3
Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) | Mistral Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Mistral |
| Release date | Oct 22 2024 | Dec 2 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 49% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) shipped 406 days before Mistral Large 3 | |
Which is better: Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) or Mistral Large 3?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) and Mistral Large 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) shipped 406 days before Mistral Large 3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) is proprietary, while Mistral Large 3 is open weight.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) and Mistral Large 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.
Mistral Large 3 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Mistral Large 3 is an open weight model released by Mistral.