Claude Opus 4.7 vs Mistral Small 3
Anthropic's flagship. Deep reasoning, long-horizon agents. Meanwhile, mistral small 3: small, open-weights, surprisingly sharp.
Side-by-side
Specs
| Dimension | Claude Opus 4.7 | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral |
| Released | 2026-02 | 2025-09 |
| Context window | ✓1M | 128K |
| Output max | ✓64K | 8K |
| Input /M | $15.00 | ✓$0.20 |
| Output /M | $75.00 | ✓$0.60 |
| Modalities | ✓text, image | text |
| Open weights | no | ✓yes |
Scorecard
Dimension-by-dimension
Claude Opus 4.7
Mistral Small 3
reasoning
10.0
6.0
coding
10.0
7.0
writing
9.0
7.0
speed
5.0
9.0
value
6.0
10.0
Verdict
Which wins, by use case
| Use case | Winner | Why |
|---|---|---|
| coding | Claude Opus 4.7 | a decisive lead on our weighted coding score |
| writing | Claude Opus 4.7 | a clear edge on our weighted writing score |
| chat | Mistral Small 3 | a decisive lead on our weighted chat score |
| agents | Claude Opus 4.7 | a decisive lead on our weighted agents score |
| summarization | Mistral Small 3 | a decisive lead on our weighted summarization score |
| translation | Mistral Small 3 | a clear edge on our weighted translation score |
| reasoning | Claude Opus 4.7 | a decisive lead on our weighted reasoning score |
| research | Claude Opus 4.7 | a clear edge on our weighted research score |
| vision and multimodal | Claude Opus 4.7 | a clear edge on our weighted vision score |
| Cheapest AI models for bulk workloads | Mistral Small 3 | a decisive lead on our weighted cheap-bulk score |
Bottom line
Our take
Pick Claude Opus 4.7 if you need: best-in-class agentic tool use, extended thinking for complex problems.
Pick Mistral Small 3 if you need: tiny cost, open weights.
At a 500M-input / 150M-output monthly volume, Claude Opus 4.7 costs roughly $18750 vs Mistral Small 3 at $190. Use our calculator to plug in your own numbers.
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