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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Codestral Mamba 7B

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Mistral Codestral Mamba 7B — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Mistral
Codestral Mamba 7B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateFeb 17 2026Jul 16 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
79.6%
Multi-step tool use
MCP Atlas
69.5%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · no tools
33.2%
Abstract reasoning
ARC-AGI-2
58.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
89.9%
Agentic computer use
OSWorld-Verified
72.5%
Agentic financial analysis
Finance Agent v2
51%
Knowledge work
GDPval-AA
1676
Chart reasoning
CharXiv Reasoning
72.4%
Multimodal reasoning
MMMU-Pro
74.5%
Spatial reasoning
Blueprint-Bench 2
6.7%
Long context
MRCR v2 (8-needle) · 128k average
84.9%
Timeline
Release gapCodestral Mamba 7B shipped 581 days before Claude Sonnet 4.6

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Codestral Mamba 7B?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Codestral Mamba 7B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Codestral Mamba 7B shipped 581 days before Claude Sonnet 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Codestral Mamba 7B is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Sonnet 4.6 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Codestral Mamba 7B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4.6 released?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 was released by Anthropic on Feb 17 2026.
When was Codestral Mamba 7B released?
Codestral Mamba 7B was released by Mistral on Jul 16 2024.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Codestral Mamba 7B open source?
Codestral Mamba 7B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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