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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Mixtral 8×22B

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 5
Mistral
Mixtral 8×22B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateJun 30 2026Apr 10 2024
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Agentic coding
SWE-Bench Pro
63.2%
Agentic coding
CursorBench v3.1
61.2%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
80.4%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · no tools
43.2%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · with tools
57.4%
Agentic computer use
OSWorld-Verified
81.2%
Knowledge work
GDPval-AA
1618
Timeline
Release gapMixtral 8×22B shipped 811 days before Claude Sonnet 5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 5 or Mixtral 8×22B?

Claude Sonnet 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 811 days before Claude Sonnet 5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Sonnet 5 is proprietary, while Mixtral 8×22B is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Sonnet 5 and Mixtral 8×22B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Sonnet 5 was released by Anthropic on Jun 30 2026.

Mixtral 8×22B was released by Mistral on Apr 10 2024.

Claude Sonnet 5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Mixtral 8×22B is an open weight model released by Mistral.

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