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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mistral Small 3.1

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Mistral
Mistral Small 3.1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateOct 15 2025Mar 17 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
73%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMistral Small 3.1 shipped 212 days before Claude Haiku 4.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Mistral Small 3.1?

Claude Haiku 4.5 leads Mistral Small 3.1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Mistral Small 3.1 shipped 212 days before Claude Haiku 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Small 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Haiku 4.5 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 Haiku 4.5 released?
Claude Haiku 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Oct 15 2025.
When was Mistral Small 3.1 released?
Mistral Small 3.1 was released by Mistral on Mar 17 2025.
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Mistral Small 3.1 open source?
Mistral Small 3.1 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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