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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Magistral Small

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Mistral Magistral Small — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Mistral
Magistral Small
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateSep 29 2025Jun 10 2025
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 gapMagistral Small shipped 111 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Magistral Small?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Magistral Small don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Magistral Small shipped 111 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 Magistral Small 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 Magistral Small released?
Magistral Small was released by Mistral on Jun 10 2025.

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