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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Mistral Large

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 vs Mistral Mistral Large — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Mistral
Mistral Large
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateFeb 5 2026Feb 26 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.8%
Science
GPQA Diamond
91.3%
Timeline
Release gapMistral Large shipped 710 days before Claude Opus 4.6

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.6 or Mistral Large?

Claude Opus 4.6 and Mistral Large don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Large shipped 710 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 Mistral Large 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 Mistral Large released?
Mistral Large was released by Mistral on Feb 26 2024.

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