Claude Sonnet 4 vs Mistral Medium 3

Compare Claude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic against Mistral Medium 3 by Mistral AI, in 42 community votes, claude sonnet 4 wins 58% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 200K vs 131K, tested across 24 shared challenges. Updated February 2026.

In 42 community votes, Claude Sonnet 4 wins 58% of head-to-head duels. Claude Sonnet 4 leads in Image Generation, Reasoning, while Mistral Medium 3 leads in Web Design, Analysis. Based on blind community voting from the RIVAL open dataset of 42+ human preference judgments for this pair.

Web Design: Mistral Medium 3 wins 67% of votes
Image Generation: Claude Sonnet 4 wins 91% of votes
Reasoning: Claude Sonnet 4 wins 83% of votes
Analysis: Mistral Medium 3 wins 67% of votes
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