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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Mixtral 8×7B

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 vs Mistral Mixtral 8×7B — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Mistral
Mixtral 8×7B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateNov 24 2025Dec 9 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapMixtral 8×7B shipped 716 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or Mixtral 8×7B?

Claude Opus 4.5 and Mixtral 8×7B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mixtral 8×7B shipped 716 days before Claude Opus 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mixtral 8×7B is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4.5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.5 and Mixtral 8×7B 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 Mixtral 8×7B released?
Mixtral 8×7B was released by Mistral on Dec 9 2023.
Is Claude Opus 4.5 or Mixtral 8×7B open source?
Mixtral 8×7B 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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