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Claude 3 Opus vs Mistral Large 3

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 5 shared benchmark results across 2 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Anthropic
41.13/100
Margin
9.3pts
winning →
50.4/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude 3 Opus #168 (Supported); Mistral Large 3 #113 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude 3 Opus and Mistral Large 3 share 5 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to Claude 3 Opus; 11 to Mistral Large 3.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
5
Claude 3 Opus only
0
Mistral Large 3 only
11
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude 3 Opus and Mistral Large 3 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 5 shared benchmark results across 2 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Claude 3 Opus is priced at $15.00 input / $75.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.50 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens for Mistral Large 3. Claude 3 Opus has the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Mistral Large 3.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude 3 OpusMistral Large 3Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude 3 Opus$15 input / $75 outputMistral Large 3$0.5 input / $1.5 outputMistral Large 3 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude 3 OpusNot availableMistral Large 348 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude 3 OpusNot availableMistral Large 31.04 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude 3 Opus200KMistral Large 3128KClaude 3 Opus lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusMistral Large 3Result
AA Agentic IndexSource 5.5%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 24.6%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 6.6%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 633Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusMistral Large 3Result
AA Coding IndexSource 19.5%20.1%Mistral Large 3 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 23.3%36.2%Mistral Large 3 leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusMistral Large 3Result
AA-LCRSource 34.7%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusMistral Large 3Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 11.8%15.9%Mistral Large 3 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 48.9%68.0%Mistral Large 3 leads
AA-HLESource 3.1%4.1%Mistral Large 3 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -39.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 24.1%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 83.7%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusMistral Large 3Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 55.7%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusMistral Large 3Result
AA-IFBenchSource 36.2%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude 3 Opus and Mistral Large 3 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Claude 3 Opus and Mistral Large 3 today?

Claude 3 Opus: $15.00 input / $75.00 output per 1M tokens Mistral Large 3: $0.50 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Claude 3 Opus
API / mo$67,500
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Mistral Large 3
API / mo$1,500
Self-host / mo$9,110
Break-even380M/day
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 20, 2026

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