# Claude 2.1 vs Pixtral Large

> Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 345 | 259 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221)
- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 2.1: —
- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2.1: —
- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2.1 better than Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Pixtral Large share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.