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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Mixtral 8×22B

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Mistral Mixtral 8×22B — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Mistral
Mixtral 8×22B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateSep 29 2025Apr 10 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 gapMixtral 8×22B shipped 537 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Mixtral 8×22B?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Mixtral 8×22B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mixtral 8×22B shipped 537 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mixtral 8×22B is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Sonnet 4.5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Mixtral 8×22B 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 Mixtral 8×22B released?
Mixtral 8×22B was released by Mistral on Apr 10 2024.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Mixtral 8×22B open source?
Mixtral 8×22B 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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