# Claude Instant vs Pixtral Large

> Pixtral Large has enough public results to be ranked (#257); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

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

## Summary

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

## Snapshot

| | Claude Instant | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 31.7 |
| Rank | — | 257 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude Instant: —
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 50.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude Instant: 18.8
- Pixtral Large: 20.9 (#208)

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| DTBench | 45.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.2 | — |

## Math

- Claude Instant: —
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 86.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude Instant: —
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 86.3% | — |
| MMLU | 73.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 78.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude Instant: —
- Pixtral Large: 30.0 (#105)

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

## Writing & Preference

- Claude Instant: —
- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#273)

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

## FAQ

### Is Claude Instant better than Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large has enough public results to be ranked (#257); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

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

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