Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Mistral Small 4
Compare Claude 3.7 Sonnet by Anthropic against Mistral Small 4 by Mistral AI, context windows of 200K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Mistral Small 4?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Mistral Small 4 are both competitive models. Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs $3/M input tokens vs $0.15/M for Mistral Small 4. Context windows: 200K vs 262K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Mistral Small 4
Claude 3.7 Sonnet is made by anthropic while Mistral Small 4 is from mistral. Claude 3.7 Sonnet has a 200K token context window compared to Mistral Small 4's 262K. On pricing, Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs $3/M input tokens vs $0.15/M for Mistral Small 4.
Per 1M tokens
Mistral Small 4 is cheaper on both — 20× input, 25× output
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude 3.7 Sonnet has the edge — bigger model tier, major provider backing.
Mistral Small 4 is 25x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
Mistral Small 4 uses 19.0x more emoji
