Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Mistral Small 3.2
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3.2 in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 26.3 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 2 and 30.3% for Mistral Small 3.2.
- Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Claude 2 leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 131.74 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
Math Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 30.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 49.1% |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Mistral Small 3.2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.