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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Mistral Large

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Mistral
Mistral Large
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateNov 24 2025Feb 26 2024
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
90%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapMistral Large shipped 637 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or Mistral Large?

Claude Opus 4.5 and Mistral Large don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Large shipped 637 days before Claude Opus 4.5, 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 — Claude Opus 4.5 and Mistral Large don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Nov 24 2025.

Mistral Large was released by Mistral on Feb 26 2024.

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