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Claude Mythos 5.2 vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Claude Mythos 5.2 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.6 to 3.6.

Anthropic · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Mythos 5.2 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.6 to 3.6, ranking #2 overall.

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

Choose Claude Mythos 5.2

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.6 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

Choose Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Mythos 5.2
Anthropic
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.6
#2
3.6
#347
Reasoning
53.3
#8
3.6
#339
Coding
45.1
#5
9.5
#205
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$8.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$40.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Individual benchmarks

9 reported for Claude Mythos 5.2 · 9 for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Claude Mythos 5.2 and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Mythos 5.2 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Mythos 5.2 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Mythos 5.2
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Nov 10 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Mythos 5.2 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 Mythos 5.2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Mythos 5.2 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 Mythos 5.2

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Mythos 5.2 was released on 2026-11-09, while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct was released on 2025-03-17.

Claude Mythos 5.2 is 20 months newer than Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct.

Claude Mythos 5.2

Nov 9, 2026

0 days ago

1.6yr newer
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Mar 17, 2025

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Mythos 5.2 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Mythos 5.2's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct's cutoff date.

Claude Mythos 5.2

Jun 2026

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Mythos 5.2 and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Mythos 5.2
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Mythos 5.2 vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct.

Which is better, Claude Mythos 5.2 or Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Claude Mythos 5.2 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.6 to 3.6. Claude Mythos 5.2 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 Mythos 5.2 compare to Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct in benchmarks?

Claude Mythos 5.2 scores De novo protein binder design: 85.1%, Biomedical image analysis: 80.7%, Protocols Troubleshooting: 77.1%, Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1: 75.3%, Terminal-Bench 4.0: 70.5%. 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 Mythos 5.2 and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Claude Mythos 5.2 supports 1.0M 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 Mythos 5.2 and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.6 vs 3.6), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Mythos 5.2 and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Claude Mythos 5.2 is developed by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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