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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Mistral Large 3

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 vs Mistral Mistral Large 3 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Mistral
Mistral Large 3
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateNov 24 2025Dec 2 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Opus 4.5 shipped 8 days before Mistral Large 3

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or Mistral Large 3?

Claude Opus 4.5 and Mistral Large 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Opus 4.5 shipped 8 days before Mistral Large 3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Large 3 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4.5 is proprietary.

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

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.5 released?
Claude Opus 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Nov 24 2025.
When was Mistral Large 3 released?
Mistral Large 3 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
Is Claude Opus 4.5 or Mistral Large 3 open source?
Mistral Large 3 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Opus 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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