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Claude Sonnet 4 vs Mistral Small

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 vs Mistral Mistral Small — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Mistral
Mistral Small
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateMay 22 2025Feb 26 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.7%
Science
GPQA Diamond
75.4%
Timeline
Release gapMistral Small shipped 451 days before Claude Sonnet 4

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4 or Mistral Small?

Claude Sonnet 4 and Mistral Small don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Small shipped 451 days before Claude Sonnet 4, 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 and Mistral Small don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4 released?
Claude Sonnet 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
When was Mistral Small released?
Mistral Small was released by Mistral on Feb 26 2024.

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