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Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads the LLM Stats Score 24.2 to 4.4.

Anthropic · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads the overall LLM Stats Score 24.2 to 4.4, ranking #155 overall.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude 3.7 Sonnet wins 2; 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 #155 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results

Choose Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025
  • 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 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
24.2
#155
4.4
#286
Reasoning
23.3
#153
4.4
#280
Coding
14.0
#123
9.8
#158
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 2
0 of 2
Input price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Math
16.7#192
8.2#252
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Claude 3.7 Sonnet · 9 for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

2 shared

Claude 3.7 Sonnet outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMMU), while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Mon Aug 31 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 3.1 24B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Aug 31 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct 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 3.1 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct 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 3.1 24B Instruct

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 3.1 24B Instruct was released on 2025-03-17.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is 1 month newer than Claude 3.7 Sonnet.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Feb 24, 2025

1.5 years ago

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Mar 17, 2025

1.5 years ago

3w newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct.

Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads the LLM Stats Score 24.2 to 4.4. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is made by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct 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 3.1 24B Instruct 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 3.1 24B Instruct scores HumanEval: 88.4%, MMLU: 80.6%, TriviaQA: 80.5%, MBPP: 74.7%, MATH: 69.3%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet supports 200K tokens and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct 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 3.1 24B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (24.2 vs 4.4), 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 3.1 24B Instruct?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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