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Claude Opus 5.5 vs Pixtral-12B

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.7 to -1.6. Pixtral-12B is 53.3x cheaper per token.

Anthropic · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.7 to -1.6, ranking #1 overall.

On price, Pixtral-12B is roughly 53.3x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.

Claude Opus 5.5 also accepts a larger context window (1,000,000 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.

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

Choose Claude Opus 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.7 and ranks #1 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you process long inputs — it offers a 1,000,000 token context window
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Pixtral-12B

  • cost matters — it's about 53.3x cheaper per token
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic
Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.7
#1
-1.6
#342
Reasoning
57.8
#1
-3.8
#344
Coding
51.7
#1
-2.6
#256
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$4.00 / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
$20.00 / M
$0.15 / M
Context window
1,000,000
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude Opus 5.5
Pixtral-12B
Math
42.5#5
1.0#296
Vision
42.8#1
0.1#185
Multimodal
42.5#1
3.8#145
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

31 reported for Claude Opus 5.5 · 12 for Pixtral-12B

No common benchmarks found

Claude Opus 5.5 and Pixtral-12Bdon'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

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Pixtral-12B costs less

For input processing, Claude Opus 5.5 ($4.00/1M tokens) is 26.7x more expensive than Pixtral-12B ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Opus 5.5 ($20.00/1M tokens) is 133.3x more expensive than Pixtral-12B ($0.15/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Opus 5.5 is more expensive than Pixtral-12B.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers
Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com
Anthropic
Claude Opus 5.5
Input tokens$4.00
Output tokens$20.00
Best providerAnthropic
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$0.15
Best providerMistral
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Opus 5.5 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens compared to Pixtral-12B's 128,000 tokens. Claude Opus 5.5 can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Pixtral-12B is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Opus 5.5 and Pixtral-12B support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude Opus 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Pixtral-12B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 5.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Pixtral-12B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude Opus 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Pixtral-12B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 5.5 was released on 2026-09-22, while Pixtral-12B was released on 2024-09-17.

Claude Opus 5.5 is 25 months newer than Pixtral-12B.

Claude Opus 5.5

Sep 22, 2026

0 days ago

2.0yr newer
Pixtral-12B

Sep 17, 2024

2.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Opus 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Pixtral-12B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Opus 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Pixtral-12B's cutoff date.

Claude Opus 5.5

Jun 2026

Pixtral-12B

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Provider Availability

Claude Opus 5.5 is available from Anthropic. Pixtral-12B is available from Mistral AI.

Claude Opus 5.5

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $4.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $20.00/1M

Pixtral-12B

mistral logo
Mistral
Input Price:Input: $0.15/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.15/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Opus 5.5 and Pixtral-12B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Opus 5.5
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Pixtral-12B
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 5.5 vs Pixtral-12B.

Which is better, Claude Opus 5.5 or Pixtral-12B?

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.7 to -1.6. Claude Opus 5.5 is made by Anthropic and Pixtral-12B 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 Opus 5.5 compare to Pixtral-12B in benchmarks?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores BenchCAD (with Python tool): 96.2%, Global-MMLU: 94.3%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 93.9%, MILU: 93.1%, ArXivMath: 91.2%. Pixtral-12B scores DocVQA: 90.7%, ChartQA: 81.8%, VQAv2: 78.6%, MT-Bench: 76.8%, HumanEval: 72.0%.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 cheaper than Pixtral-12B?

Pixtral-12B is 26.7x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Opus 5.5 costs $4.00/M input and $20.00/M output via anthropic. Pixtral-12B costs $0.15/M input and $0.15/M output via mistral.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Opus 5.5 and Pixtral-12B?

Claude Opus 5.5 supports 1.0M tokens and Pixtral-12B supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Opus 5.5 and Pixtral-12B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.7 vs -1.6), context window (1.0M vs 128K), input pricing ($4.00 vs $0.15/M), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Opus 5.5 and Pixtral-12B?

Claude Opus 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and Pixtral-12B is developed by Mistral AI.

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