Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Mistral Small 3

Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Mistral Small 3. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)On the frontier
Intelligence
53.60
Total cost
$2172
MistralMistral Small 3Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.70
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)Mistral Small 3Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.66.7−87.5% Mistral Small 3 is 87.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,172.43Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)33.81s12.54s−62.9% Mistral Small 3 is 62.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.05 / $0.08
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