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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Mistral Large 2

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Mistral Mistral Large 2 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Mistral
Mistral Large 2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateSep 29 2025Jul 24 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.2%
Science
GPQA Diamond
83.4%
Multimodal
MMMU
68%
Timeline
Release gapMistral Large 2 shipped 432 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Mistral Large 2?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 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 432 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Large 2 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Sonnet 4.5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Mistral Large 2 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 Mistral Large 2 released?
Mistral Large 2 was released by Mistral on Jul 24 2024.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Mistral Large 2 open source?
Mistral Large 2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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