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Claude Opus 4 vs Mistral Large 3

Anthropic Claude Opus 4 vs Mistral Mistral Large 3 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Mistral
Mistral Large 3
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateMay 22 2025Dec 2 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
79.6%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Opus 4 shipped 194 days before Mistral Large 3

Which is better: Claude Opus 4 or Mistral Large 3?

Claude Opus 4 and Mistral Large 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Opus 4 shipped 194 days before Mistral Large 3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Large 3 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4 and Mistral Large 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4 released?
Claude Opus 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
When was Mistral Large 3 released?
Mistral Large 3 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
Is Claude Opus 4 or Mistral Large 3 open source?
Mistral Large 3 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Opus 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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