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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mistral Small 3

Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mistral Mistral Small 3 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Mistral
Mistral Small 3
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateOct 15 2025Jan 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
73%
Timeline
Release gapMistral Small 3 shipped 287 days before Claude Haiku 4.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Mistral Small 3?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Mistral Small 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Small 3 shipped 287 days before Claude Haiku 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Small 3 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Haiku 4.5 and Mistral Small 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Haiku 4.5 released?
Claude Haiku 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Oct 15 2025.
When was Mistral Small 3 released?
Mistral Small 3 was released by Mistral on Jan 2025.
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Mistral Small 3 open source?
Mistral Small 3 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Haiku 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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