Model comparison
Mistral Large vs Claude Opus 4.8
Mistral
Mistral Large
European sovereignty and disciplined function calling.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic's heavyweight for hard reasoning and agentic work.
Specs
| Metric | Mistral Large | Claude Opus 4.8 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128K tokens | 1M tokens↑ |
| Input $/1M tokens | $2.00↑ | $5.00 |
| Output $/1M tokens | $6.00↑ | $25.00 |
| Modalities | Text · File | Text · Image |
| Open weights | No | No |
| Released | - | May 2026 |
Capability differences
| Capability | Mistral Large | Claude Opus 4.8 |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | No | Yes |
| Extended thinking | No | Yes |
| Prompt caching | No | Yes |
Key differences
- -Mistral Large offers 128K context; Claude Opus 4.8 offers 1M.
- -Input pricing: Mistral Large at $2.00/1M vs Claude Opus 4.8 at $5.00/1M.