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Claude Opus 4 vs Mixtral 8×7B

Anthropic Claude Opus 4 vs Mistral Mixtral 8×7B — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Mistral
Mixtral 8×7B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateMay 22 2025Dec 9 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
79.6%
Timeline
Release gapMixtral 8×7B shipped 530 days before Claude Opus 4

Which is better: Claude Opus 4 or Mixtral 8×7B?

Claude Opus 4 and Mixtral 8×7B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mixtral 8×7B shipped 530 days before Claude Opus 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mixtral 8×7B is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4 and Mixtral 8×7B 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 Mixtral 8×7B released?
Mixtral 8×7B was released by Mistral on Dec 9 2023.
Is Claude Opus 4 or Mixtral 8×7B open source?
Mixtral 8×7B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Opus 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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