Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Mistral Large 4 Preview
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or Mistral Large 4 Preview by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-29.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)
Mistral Large 4 Preview vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback): the same intelligence, 485.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 317.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) | Mistral Large 4 Preview | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.3 | 25.3 | Even |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $499.20 | $2,923.39 | +485.6% Mistral Large 4 Previ… is 5.9× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.12s | 25.54s | +317.3% Mistral Large 4 Previ… is 317.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $0.70 / $2.10 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 46.10 for $389.
- Mistral Large 4 Preview is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 54.50 for $1124.
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