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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Ministral 3B

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 vs Mistral Ministral 3B — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Mistral
Ministral 3B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateFeb 5 2026Oct 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.8%
Science
GPQA Diamond
91.3%
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 3B shipped 492 days before Claude Opus 4.6

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.6 or Ministral 3B?

Claude Opus 4.6 and Ministral 3B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Ministral 3B shipped 492 days before Claude Opus 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4.6 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.6 and Ministral 3B 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 Ministral 3B released?
Ministral 3B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.
Is Claude Opus 4.6 or Ministral 3B open source?
Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Opus 4.6 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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