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Claude Opus 4.1 vs Mistral Large 2

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 vs Mistral Mistral Large 2 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1
Mistral
Mistral Large 2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateAug 5 2025Jul 24 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
74.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
80.9%
Timeline
Release gapMistral Large 2 shipped 377 days before Claude Opus 4.1

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.1 or Mistral Large 2?

Claude Opus 4.1 and Mistral Large 2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Large 2 shipped 377 days before Claude Opus 4.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Large 2 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4.1 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.1 and Mistral Large 2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.1 released?
Claude Opus 4.1 was released by Anthropic on Aug 5 2025.
When was Mistral Large 2 released?
Mistral Large 2 was released by Mistral on Jul 24 2024.
Is Claude Opus 4.1 or Mistral Large 2 open source?
Mistral Large 2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Opus 4.1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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