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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Mistral Small 4

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 vs Mistral Mistral Small 4 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Mistral
Mistral Small 4
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateNov 24 2025Mar 16 2026
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Opus 4.5 shipped 112 days before Mistral Small 4

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or Mistral Small 4?

Claude Opus 4.5 and Mistral Small 4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Opus 4.5 shipped 112 days before Mistral Small 4, 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 Small 4 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 Small 4 released?
Mistral Small 4 was released by Mistral on Mar 16 2026.

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