Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4 offers 262.5K more tokens in context window than Mistral Small. Mistral Small is $89.20 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Opus 4 is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4 was developed as the flagship model in the Claude 4 generation, designed to push the boundaries of AI capability in complex reasoning, analysis, and multi-step problem-solving. Built to handle the most demanding enterprise tasks, it represents Anthropic's highest tier of intelligence and capability.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small was created as an efficient model offering, designed to provide capable language understanding with reduced computational requirements. Built to serve cost-sensitive applications while maintaining quality, it enables Mistral's technology in scenarios where resource efficiency is valued.
8 months newer

Mistral Small
Mistral AI
2024-09-17

Claude Opus 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude Opus 4

Mistral Small
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Opus 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude Opus 4

Mistral Small

Claude Opus 4

Mistral Small

Mistral Small
Mistral AI