Model comparison
Claude Opus 4.1 vs Pixtral Large
Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index. Pixtral Large costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher in 2 categories and Pixtral Large in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude Opus 4.1 leads 62.4 to 32.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is EnigmaEval: 7.2% for Claude Opus 4.1 and 0.8% for Pixtral Large.
- Pixtral Large is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $75 for Claude Opus 4.1.
- Claude Opus 4.1 accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 128K.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Opus 4.1 | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.0 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2025-08-05 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 200K | 128K |
| Max output | 32K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $15 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $75 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 48 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude Opus 4.1: 44.4 (#73), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1390 | — |
| WeirdML | 45.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1479 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 674.77 | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.34 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Opus 4.1: 35.0 (#41), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 38% | — |
| GDPval | 43.6% | — |
| Cybench | 42% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 48.3% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1148 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 66.8% | — |
Reasoning Claude Opus 4.1 leads
Claude Opus 4.1: 32.2 (#76), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | 7.2% | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | 60% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 7% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 7.9% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 21% | — |
| DTBench | 80% | — |
| LMCA | 37.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.12 | — |
| ForecastBench | 62 | — |
Math Not comparable
Claude Opus 4.1: 22.3 (#277), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 12.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 2.4% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 68.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1431 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 7.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 4.2% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude Opus 4.1: 42.0 (#101), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 77.3% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 11.5% | — |
| Confabulations | 17.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 11.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | — |
Multimodal Pixtral Large leads
Claude Opus 4.1: 26.8 (#119), Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |
| VPCT | 35% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude Opus 4.1: 52.0 (#95), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1427 | — |
| LMArena French | 1431 | — |
| LMArena German | 1413 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1378 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1380 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude Opus 4.1: 75.6 (#58), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1435 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude Opus 4.1: 44.5 (#63), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1455 | — |
Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.1 leads
Claude Opus 4.1: 62.4 (#74), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1419 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 84.7% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1444 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Pixtral Large?
Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index. Pixtral Large costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or Pixtral Large?
Pixtral Large is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 4.1 lists at $15 and $75.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Opus 4.1 does, with 200K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.1 and Pixtral Large share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.1 has 48 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.