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Claude 3 Haiku vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 4.2 to -1.5.

Anthropic · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct leads the overall LLM Stats Score 4.2 to -1.5, ranking #301 overall.

In the 4 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct wins 4; 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 Haiku

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

Choose Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

  • overall performance matters — it scores 4.2 and ranks #301 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 4 of 4 exact shared results
  • 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 Haiku
Anthropic
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-1.5
#334
4.2
#301
Reasoning
-1.5
#327
4.2
#295
Coding
0.6
#238
9.7
#169
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 4
4 of 4
Input price
$0.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.25 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude 3 Haiku
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Math
4.3#283
7.9#261
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Claude 3 Haiku · 9 for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

4 shared

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is better at 4 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU).

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Fri Sep 11 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 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 3.1 24B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Sep 11 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude 3 Haiku 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 Haiku

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku 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 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct was released on 2025-03-17.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is 12 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.5 years ago

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Mar 17, 2025

1.5 years ago

1.0yr 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 Haiku and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3 Haiku
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Haiku vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct.

Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 4.2 to -1.5. Claude 3 Haiku 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 Haiku compare to Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct in benchmarks?

Claude 3 Haiku scores ARC-C: 89.2%, GSM8k: 88.9%, HellaSwag: 85.9%, DROP: 78.4%, HumanEval: 75.9%. Mistral Small 3.1 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 Haiku and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Claude 3 Haiku 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 Haiku and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-1.5 vs 4.2), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Haiku and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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