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Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads the LLM Stats Score 24.2 to 0.2.

Anthropic · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads the overall LLM Stats Score 24.2 to 0.2, ranking #153 overall.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude 3.7 Sonnet wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3.7 Sonnet

  • overall performance matters — it scores 24.2 and ranks #153 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Feb 2025

Choose Mistral Small 3 24B Base

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
24.2
#153
0.2
#306
Reasoning
23.3
#151
0.1
#300
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Math
16.8#188
4.7#269
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Claude 3.7 Sonnet · 9 for Mistral Small 3 24B Base

1 shared

Claude 3.7 Sonnet outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Mistral Small 3 24B Base is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sat Aug 29 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3.7 Sonnet specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.7 Sonnet specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Input200,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sat Aug 29 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Mistral Small 3 24B Base support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Small 3 24B Base uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.7 Sonnet was released on 2025-02-24, while Mistral Small 3 24B Base was released on 2025-01-30.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is 1 month newer than Mistral Small 3 24B Base.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Feb 24, 2025

1.5 years ago

3w newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Jan 30, 2025

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Base has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Claude 3.7 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Base's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.7 Sonnet's cutoff date.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

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Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Mistral Small 3 24B Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Mistral Small 3 24B Base.

Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads the LLM Stats Score 24.2 to 0.2. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is made by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3 24B Base is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude 3.7 Sonnet compare to Mistral Small 3 24B Base in benchmarks?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores MATH-500: 96.2%, IFEval: 93.2%, MMMLU: 86.1%, GPQA: 84.8%, TAU-bench Retail: 81.2%. Mistral Small 3 24B Base scores ARC-C: 91.3%, GSM8k: 80.7%, MMLU: 80.7%, TriviaQA: 80.3%, MBPP: 69.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet supports 200K tokens and Mistral Small 3 24B Base supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (24.2 vs 0.2), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3 24B Base is developed by Mistral AI.

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