Model Comparison

Claude Opus 4.5 vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Claude Opus 4.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude Opus 4.5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Input tokens$5.00
Output tokens$25.00
Best providerAnthropic
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

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

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Input200,000 tokens
Output64,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude Opus 4.5 and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude Opus 4.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude Opus 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4.5 was released on 2025-11-24, while Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct was released on 2025-06-20.

Claude Opus 4.5 is 5 months newer than Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct.

Claude Opus 4.5

Nov 24, 2025

4 months ago

5mo newer
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Jun 20, 2025

9 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Opus 4.5 has a knowledge cutoff of 2025-03-31, while Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct has a cutoff of 2023-10-01.

Claude Opus 4.5 has more recent training data (up to 2025-03-31), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct (2023-10-01).

Claude Opus 4.5

Mar 2025

1.4 yr newer
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (87.0% vs 46.1%)
Mistral AI
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4.5 vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Claude Opus 4.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Opus 4.5 is made by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3.2 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 4.5 scores Tau2 Telecom: 98.2%, MMMLU: 90.8%, Tau2 Retail: 88.9%, GPQA: 87.0%, SWE-Bench Verified: 80.9%. Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct scores DocVQA: 94.9%, AI2D: 92.9%, HumanEval Plus: 92.9%, ChartQA: 87.4%, IF: 84.8%.
Claude Opus 4.5 supports 200K tokens and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude Opus 4.5 is developed by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.