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Claude Instant 1.2 vs Magistral Small

Anthropic Claude Instant 1.2 vs Mistral Magistral Small — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Instant 1.2
Mistral
Magistral Small
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateAug 9 2023Jun 10 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude Instant 1.2 shipped 671 days before Magistral Small

Which is better: Claude Instant 1.2 or Magistral Small?

Claude Instant 1.2 and Magistral Small do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Claude Instant 1.2 shipped 671 days before Magistral Small, 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 — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Instant 1.2 released?
Claude Instant 1.2 was released by Anthropic on Aug 9 2023.
When was Magistral Small released?
Magistral Small was released by Mistral on Jun 10 2025.

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