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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Codestral 22B

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 vs Mistral Codestral 22B — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Mistral
Codestral 22B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateFeb 5 2026May 29 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.8%
Science
GPQA Diamond
91.3%
Timeline
Release gapCodestral 22B shipped 617 days before Claude Opus 4.6

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.6 or Codestral 22B?

Claude Opus 4.6 and Codestral 22B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Codestral 22B shipped 617 days before Claude Opus 4.6, 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 4.6 and Codestral 22B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.6 released?
Claude Opus 4.6 was released by Anthropic on Feb 5 2026.
When was Codestral 22B released?
Codestral 22B was released by Mistral on May 29 2024.

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