Claude Opus 4.1 vs Mistral Large
Compare Claude Opus 4.1 by Anthropic against Mistral Large by Mistral AI, context windows of 200K vs 32K, tested across 53 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Claude Opus 4.1 or Mistral Large?
Claude Opus 4.1 and Mistral Large are both competitive models. Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15/M input tokens vs $8/M for Mistral Large. Context windows: 200K vs 32K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude Opus 4.1 and Mistral Large
Claude Opus 4.1 is made by anthropic while Mistral Large is from mistral. Claude Opus 4.1 has a 200K token context window compared to Mistral Large's 32K. On pricing, Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15/M input tokens vs $8/M for Mistral Large.
Per 1M tokens
Mistral Large is cheaper on both — 1.9× input, 3.1× output
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Opus 4.1 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Mistral Large is 3.1x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
Claude Opus 4.1 uses 4.7x more sentence length
