Model Comparison

Claude Opus 4 vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Claude Opus 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 342.9x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude Opus 4 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Claude Opus 4 ($15.00/1M tokens) is 214.3x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.07/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Opus 4 ($75.00/1M tokens) is 535.7x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.14/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Opus 4 is more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.*

* 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 Small 3 24B Instruct
Input tokens$0.07
Output tokens$0.14
Best providerDeepinfra
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Opus 4 accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's 32,000 tokens. Both models can generate responses up to 32,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Input200,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input32,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Opus 4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct 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 Small 3 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude Opus 4

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4 was released on 2025-05-22, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct was released on 2025-01-30.

Claude Opus 4 is 4 months newer than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.

Claude Opus 4

May 22, 2025

11 months ago

3mo newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Jan 30, 2025

1.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Claude Opus 4's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude Opus 4's cutoff date.

Claude Opus 4

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Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Provider Availability

Claude Opus 4 is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Mistral AI.

Claude Opus 4

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
bedrock logo
AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
google logo
Google
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

deepinfra logo
Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.07/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.14/1M
mistral logo
Mistral
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.30/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (79.6% vs 45.3%)
Mistral AI
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights
AnthropicClaude Opus 4
Mistral AIMistral Small 3 24B Instruct
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Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4 vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Claude Opus 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Opus 4 is made by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude Opus 4 scores MMMLU: 88.8%, TAU-bench Retail: 81.4%, GPQA: 79.6%, MMMU (validation): 76.5%, AIME 2025: 75.5%. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct scores Arena Hard: 87.6%, HumanEval: 84.8%, MT-Bench: 83.5%, IFEval: 82.9%, MATH: 70.6%.
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 214.3x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Opus 4 costs $15.00/M input and $75.00/M output via anthropic. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct costs $0.07/M input and $0.14/M output via deepinfra.
Claude Opus 4 supports 200K tokens and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct supports 32K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 32K), input pricing ($15.00 vs $0.07/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude Opus 4 is developed by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.