Model Comparison

Claude Opus 4 vs Mistral Large 2

Comparing Claude Opus 4 and Mistral Large 2 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Claude Opus 4 and Mistral Large 2 don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Mistral Large 2 costs less

For input processing, Claude Opus 4 ($15.00/1M tokens) is 7.5x more expensive than Mistral Large 2 ($2.00/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Opus 4 ($75.00/1M tokens) is 12.5x more expensive than Mistral Large 2 ($6.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Opus 4 is more expensive than Mistral Large 2.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Input tokens$15.00
Output tokens$75.00
Best providerAnthropic
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2
Input tokens$2.00
Output tokens$6.00
Best providerGoogle
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Opus 4 accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Mistral Large 2's 128,000 tokens. Mistral Large 2 can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Claude Opus 4 is limited to 32,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Input200,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Opus 4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mistral Large 2 does not.

Claude Opus 4 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Opus 4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Large 2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Large 2 uses Mistral Research License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude Opus 4

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4 was released on 2025-05-22, while Mistral Large 2 was released on 2024-07-24.

Claude Opus 4 is 10 months newer than Mistral Large 2.

Claude Opus 4

May 22, 2025

10 months ago

10mo newer
Mistral Large 2

Jul 24, 2024

1.7 years ago

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

Provider Availability

Claude Opus 4 is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Mistral Large 2 is available from Google, Mistral AI.

Claude Opus 4

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Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
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AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
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Google
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M

Mistral Large 2

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Google
Input Price:Input: $2.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $6.00/1M
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Mistral
Input Price:Input: $2.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $6.00/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Mistral AI
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights
AnthropicClaude Opus 4
Mistral AIMistral Large 2
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Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4 vs Mistral Large 2

Claude Opus 4 (Anthropic) and Mistral Large 2 (Mistral AI) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Claude Opus 4 scores MMMLU: 88.8%, TAU-bench Retail: 81.4%, GPQA: 79.6%, MMMU (validation): 76.5%, AIME 2025: 75.5%. Mistral Large 2 scores GSM8k: 93.0%, HumanEval: 92.0%, MT-Bench: 86.3%, MMLU: 84.0%, MMLU French: 82.8%.
Mistral Large 2 is 7.5x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Opus 4 costs $15.00/M input and $75.00/M output via anthropic. Mistral Large 2 costs $2.00/M input and $6.00/M output via google.
Claude Opus 4 supports 200K tokens and Mistral Large 2 supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 128K), input pricing ($15.00 vs $2.00/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude Opus 4 is developed by Anthropic and Mistral Large 2 is developed by Mistral AI.