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Claude Opus 4 (latest) vs Mistral Medium 3.5

Compare pricing, context limits, supported inputs and deployment options to choose a model for your workflow.

Claude Opus 4 (latest) from Anthropic lists 200K context, 32K maximum output. Mistral Medium 3.5 from Mistral AI lists 256K context, 262.14K maximum output, $1.50 input per 1M tokens, $7.50 output per 1M tokens. Compare the inputs, outputs and deployment options below to see which fits your workflow.

Side-by-sideCapabilities and practical differences

Anthropic

Claude Opus 4 (latest)

Claude Opus 4 (latest) from Anthropic: Flagship Claude model for deep reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agents.

Context
200K
Max output
32K

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input
  • PDF input

Produces

  • Text output
Full model profilegithub.com ↗
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Mistral AI

Mistral Medium 3.5

Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-weight multimodal model for coding and agent applications, released.

Context
256K
Max output
262.14K
Input / 1M tokens
$1.50
Output / 1M tokens
$7.50

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input

Produces

  • Text output
Full model profiledocs.mistral.ai ↗

At a glance

Key differences

Compare the available figures below, then try both models on the work you need to do.

Mistral Medium 3.5

  • Context capacity: 256K
  • Maximum output: 262.14K

Context capacity

Higher listed limit

Claude Opus 4 (latest):200K

Mistral Medium 3.5:256K

Mistral Medium 3.5

Maximum output

Higher listed limit

Claude Opus 4 (latest):32K

Mistral Medium 3.5:262.14K

Mistral Medium 3.5

Specifications

Pricing, limits and capabilities

Specifications for Claude Opus 4 (latest) and Mistral Medium 3.5. Higher limits and lower prices describe these figures only.
SpecificationClaude Opus 4 (latest)Mistral Medium 3.5
ProviderAnthropicMistral AI
Listed pricing routeAnthropicMistral API
Model familyclaude-opusmistral-medium
Accepted inputstext, image, pdftext, image
Produced outputstexttext
Context window200K256KHigher
Max output32K262.14KHigher
Input price / 1M—$1.50
Output price / 1M—$7.50
Reasoning modeDocumentedDocumented
Tool callingDocumentedDocumented
Image inputDocumentedDocumented
Audio inputNot documentedNot documented
Structured outputNot documentedDocumented
LicenseProprietaryModified MIT

Workload guidance

Which model should you choose?

Consider Mistral Medium 3.5 if you need larger context or larger maximum output. Mistral Medium 3.5 offers downloadable weights; Claude Opus 4 (latest) is listed as a proprietary model. Compare licence terms and operating costs before choosing a deployment. Test both on the same representative examples and judge the output against your acceptance criteria. Include tool failures, retries and the time to a completed task.

Documentation and model profiles

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Questions people ask

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