# Claude 2.1 vs Mistral

> Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-1-vs-mistral
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral leads 22.3 to 10.2.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2.1 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 29.9 |
| Rank | 345 | 303 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327)
- Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1162 |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221)
- Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1149 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315)
- Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1180 |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292)
- Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1125 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 2.1: —
- Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1109 |
| LMArena French | — | 1180 |
| LMArena German | — | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1143 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 2.1: —
- Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1152 |

## Long Context

- Claude 2.1: —
- Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1153 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2.1: —
- Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1158 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1147 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2.1 better than Mistral?

Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude 2.1 or Mistral better for coding?

Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Mistral share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.