Claude Opus 4.6 vs Mistral Small Comparison

Comparing Claude Opus 4.6 and Mistral Small across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Claude Opus 4.6 and Mistral Small 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 Small costs less

For input processing, Claude Opus 4.6 ($5.00/1M tokens) is 25.0x more expensive than Mistral Small ($0.20/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Opus 4.6 ($25.00/1M tokens) is 41.7x more expensive than Mistral Small ($0.60/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Opus 4.6 is more expensive than Mistral Small.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude Opus 4.6

Input tokens$5.00

Output tokens$25.00

Best providerAnthropic

Mistral Small

Input tokens$0.20

Output tokens$0.60

Best providerMistral

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Opus 4.6 accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Mistral Small's 32,768 tokens. Claude Opus 4.6 can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Mistral Small is limited to 32,768 tokens.

Claude Opus 4.6

Input200,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

Mistral Small

Input32,768 tokens

Output32,768 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Opus 4.6 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mistral Small does not.

Claude Opus 4.6 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Opus 4.6

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Mistral Small

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4.6 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Small uses Mistral Research License.

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

Claude Opus 4.6

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4.6 was released on 2026-02-05, while Mistral Small was released on 2024-09-17.

Claude Opus 4.6 is 17 months newer than Mistral Small.

Claude Opus 4.6

Feb 5, 2026

1 months ago

1.4yr newer

Mistral Small

Sep 17, 2024

1.5 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 4.6 is available from Anthropic. Mistral Small is available from Mistral AI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.