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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Mistral Large 2

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 vs Mistral Mistral Large 2 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Mistral
Mistral Large 2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateFeb 5 2026Jul 24 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.8%
Science
GPQA Diamond
91.3%
Timeline
Release gapMistral Large 2 shipped 561 days before Claude Opus 4.6

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.6 or Mistral Large 2?

Claude Opus 4.6 and Mistral Large 2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Large 2 shipped 561 days before Claude Opus 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Large 2 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4.6 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.6 and Mistral Large 2 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 2 released?
Mistral Large 2 was released by Mistral on Jul 24 2024.
Is Claude Opus 4.6 or Mistral Large 2 open source?
Mistral Large 2 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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