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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Pixtral Large 24.11

3 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Mistral
Pixtral Large 24.11
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateSep 29 2025Nov 19 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
83.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
77.2%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
68%
Timeline
Release gapPixtral Large 24.11 shipped 314 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Pixtral Large 24.11?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads Pixtral Large 24.11 on 3 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Pixtral Large 24.11 shipped 314 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Pixtral Large 24.11 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Sonnet 4.5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4.5 released?
Claude Sonnet 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Sep 29 2025.
When was Pixtral Large 24.11 released?
Pixtral Large 24.11 was released by Mistral on Nov 19 2024.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Pixtral Large 24.11 open source?
Pixtral Large 24.11 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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