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Claude 3 Haiku vs Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Mistral Small 3 24B Base significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Anthropic · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GSM8k), while Mistral Small 3 24B Base is better at 4 benchmarks (ARC-C, GPQA, MATH, MMLU). Mistral Small 3 24B Base significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3 Haiku

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.25/M input and $1.25/M output

Choose Mistral Small 3 24B Base

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jan 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3 Haiku
Anthropic
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Mistral AI
Benchmark wins
1 of 5
4 of 5
Input price
$0.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.25 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
—
Released
Mar 2024
Jan 2025
License
Proprietary
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GSM8k), while Mistral Small 3 24B Base is better at 4 benchmarks (ARC-C, GPQA, MATH, MMLU).

Mistral Small 3 24B Base significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Haiku 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 Haiku

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku 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 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Mistral Small 3 24B Base was released on 2025-01-30.

Mistral Small 3 24B Base is 11 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.5 years ago

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Jan 30, 2025

1.6 years ago

10mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Base has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Claude 3 Haiku'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 Haiku's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Haiku

—

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

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

Claude 3 Haiku
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
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FAQ

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

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

Mistral Small 3 24B Base significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3 Haiku 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 benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

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

Claude 3 Haiku scores ARC-C: 89.2%, GSM8k: 88.9%, HellaSwag: 85.9%, DROP: 78.4%, HumanEval: 75.9%. 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 Haiku and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Claude 3 Haiku 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 Haiku and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Key differences include licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Haiku and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

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

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