# Claude 2.1 vs Mistral Small 3.2

> Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-1-vs-mistral-small-3-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 3

## Summary

- 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 24.9 to 9.6.
- 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.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 30.8 |
| Rank | 340 | 271 |
| Context | — | 256K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2.1: 25.8 (#322)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2.1: 20.6 (#216)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.22 | 131.73 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2.1: 9.6 (#309)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 30.3% |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2.1: 15.5 (#287)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 49.1% |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2.1: —
- Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2.1 better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 24.9 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.