Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs Mistral Small 3

Claude Opus 5 (Medium) 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 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
44.80
Total cost
$2732
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 (Medium)Mistral Small 3Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)44.86.7−85.0% Mistral Small 3 is 85.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,731.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)12.70s11.72s−7.7% Mistral Small 3 is 7.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.05 / $0.08
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