Claude Opus 4.6 vs Mistral Large (Comparative Analysis)
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Comparative Analysis: Claude Opus 4.6 vs. Mistral Large
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Overview
Mistral Large was released 1 year before Claude Opus 4.6.
 Claude Opus 4.6 |  Mistral Large | |
|---|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | Anthropic | Mistral |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 1M tokens | 128K tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 128K tokens | Not specified tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | February 4, 2026 5 months ago February 4th, 2026 | February 26, 2024 2 years ago February 26th, 2024 |
Knowledge Cutoff Latest training-data date reported by the provider | Not reported | November 30, 2024 |
Capabilities & Features
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Claude Opus 4.6 | Mistral Large | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text🖼️Image📁File | 📝Text📁File |
Reasoning Controls Defaults and configurable reasoning effort | OptionalEffort: Max, High, Medium, LowDefault: HighToken budget configurable | Not reported |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | Claude | Mistral |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning Mode✓Content Moderation | ✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation |
Pricing
Claude Opus 4.6 is roughly 2.5x more expensive compared to Mistral Large for input tokens and roughly 4.2x more expensive for output tokens.
| Claude Opus 4.6 | Mistral Large | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $5.00 per million tokens | $2.00 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $25.00 per million tokens | $6.00 per million tokens |
Web Search Cost Additional cost for each web search operation | $0.01 per search | Not specified |
Cache Read Cost Cost to reuse cached input tokens | $0.50 per million tokens | $0.20 per million tokens |
Cache Write Cost Cost to write input tokens to the cache | $6.25 per million tokens | Not specified |
1-Hour Cache Write Cost Cost to cache input tokens for one hour | $10.00 per million tokens | Not specified |
Benchmarks
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| Claude Opus 4.6 | Mistral Large | |
|---|---|---|
Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | 1,334 Elo (#6 in Game Dev (62.9% win rate)) | Benchmark not available. |
At a Glance
Quick overview of what makes Claude Opus 4.6 and Mistral Large unique.
Claude Opus 4.6 by Anthropic understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 1M token context window. Premium pricing at $5.00/M input and $25.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released February 4th, 2026.Mistral Large by Mistral can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Reasonably priced at $2.00/M input and $6.00/M output tokens. Released February 26th, 2024.Explore More Comparisons
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