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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Mistral Medium 3

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

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Mistral
Mistral Medium 3
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateNov 24 2025May 7 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapMistral Medium 3 shipped 201 days before Claude Opus 4.5

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

Claude Opus 4.5 and Mistral Medium 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Medium 3 shipped 201 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 Medium 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 Medium 3 released?
Mistral Medium 3 was released by Mistral on May 7 2025.

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