Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Mistral Small 3.2
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3.2 in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 26.3 to 10.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.9% for Claude 2.1 and 30.3% for Mistral Small 3.2.
- Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
Reasoning Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | 131.74 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 30.3% |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 49.1% |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Mistral Small 3.2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.