Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 wins on more metrics (5 of 7), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.
| Metric | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 29.3 | 29.9✓ |
| Coding Index | — | 46.9✓ |
| GPQA Diamond | 73% | 75%✓ |
| Design Arena Elo | 1215✓ | 1166 |
| Speed (tokens/sec) | — | — |
| Latency | — | — |
| Input price /M | $3.00 | $1.50✓ |
| Output price /M | $15.00 | $7.50✓ |
| Context window | 1M✓ | 262K |
| Capabilities | ReasoningToolsJSONVision | ReasoningToolsJSONVision |
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 wins on more metrics (5 of 7), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.
The table on this page compares Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 metric by metric — intelligence benchmarks, coding score, speed, latency, context window and per-token price — with the winner marked on each row. Data refreshes hourly.