The AI arena is free today

Open Superagent

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Claude Haiku 4.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Anthropic · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Haiku 4.5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Mistral Small 3 24B Base is better at 0 benchmarks. Claude Haiku 4.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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

Choose Claude Haiku 4.5

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 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 Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Mistral AI
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$5.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
—
Released
Oct 2025
Jan 2025
License
Proprietary
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude Haiku 4.5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Mistral Small 3 24B Base is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Haiku 4.5 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 Haiku 4.5 specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude Haiku 4.5 specifies output context (64,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Input200,000 tokens
Output64,000 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 Haiku 4.5 and Mistral Small 3 24B Base support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude Haiku 4.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Haiku 4.5 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 Haiku 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 4.5 was released on 2025-10-15, while Mistral Small 3 24B Base was released on 2025-01-30.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is 9 months newer than Mistral Small 3 24B Base.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Oct 15, 2025

10 months ago

8mo newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Jan 30, 2025

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 4.5 has a knowledge cutoff of 2025-02-01, while Mistral Small 3 24B Base has a cutoff of 2023-10-01.

Claude Haiku 4.5 has more recent training data (up to 2025-02-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Mistral Small 3 24B Base (2023-10-01).

Claude Haiku 4.5

Feb 2025

1.3 yr newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?Start an Issue discussion→

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 4.5 and Mistral Small 3 24B Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Haiku 4.5
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mistral Small 3 24B Base.

Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Claude Haiku 4.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Haiku 4.5 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 Haiku 4.5 compare to Mistral Small 3 24B Base in benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 4.5 scores Tau2 Retail: 83.2%, MMMLU: 83.0%, Tau2 Telecom: 83.0%, AIME 2025: 80.7%, SWE-Bench Verified: 73.3%. 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 Haiku 4.5 and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Claude Haiku 4.5 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 Haiku 4.5 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 Haiku 4.5 and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is developed by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3 24B Base is developed by Mistral AI.

Related comparisons