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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3 leads in 5 of 8 categories

Arena ELO

Mistral Large 3

Cheaper

Mistral Large 3

Faster

Mistral Large 3

Detailed Comparison

CategoryClaude Opus 4.8Mistral Large 3
ProviderAnthropic Mistral
Context Window200K 256K WIN
Input Price ($/1M)$5 $0.5 WIN
Output Price ($/1M)$25 $1.5 WIN
Arena ELON/A 1418 WIN
CodingN/A unknown
ReasoningN/A 43.9% GPQA Diamond
Speed (tokens/sec)N/A ~70 t/s WIN
Open SourceNo Yes

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is approximately 93% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.8 per million tokens.

Which is better for coding, Claude Opus 4.8 or Mistral Large 3?

Claude Opus 4.8 scores N/A on coding benchmarks, while Mistral Large 3 scores unknown.

Which has a larger context window?

Claude Opus 4.8 supports 200K context, while Mistral Large 3 supports 256K.

Is Claude Opus 4.8 or Mistral Large 3 open source?

Claude Opus 4.8 is proprietary. Mistral Large 3 is open source.

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