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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Codestral 22B

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Mistral Codestral 22B — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Mistral
Codestral 22B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateSep 29 2025May 29 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.2%
Science
GPQA Diamond
83.4%
Multimodal
MMMU
68%
Timeline
Release gapCodestral 22B shipped 488 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Codestral 22B?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Codestral 22B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Codestral 22B shipped 488 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5, 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 Sonnet 4.5 and Codestral 22B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4.5 released?
Claude Sonnet 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Sep 29 2025.
When was Codestral 22B released?
Codestral 22B was released by Mistral on May 29 2024.

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