Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Claude Opus 4.1 offers 168.0K more tokens in context window than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is $89.79 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.1 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Opus 4.1 is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 72.7% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (89.5%), TAU-bench Retail (82.4%), GPQA (80.9%). It supports a 232K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is a language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 71.7% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in Arena Hard (87.6%), HumanEval (84.8%), MT-Bench (83.5%). The model is available through 2 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Mistral AI's latest advancement in AI technology.
6 months newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-01-30
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
2025-08-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Opus 4.1
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 15 common benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.1
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval
Claude Opus 4.1
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Claude Opus 4.1
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
DeepInfra
Mistral AI