Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Mistral Large 4 Preview
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, 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 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback)
Mistral Large 4 Preview vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback): 5.9% less intelligence, 158.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 325.6% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) | Mistral Large 4 Preview | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 40.8 | 38.4 | −5.9% Mistral Large 4 Previ… is 5.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $622.28 | $1,607.86 | +158.4% Mistral Large 4 Previ… is 2.6× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 5.98s | 25.45s | +325.6% Mistral Large 4 Previ… is 325.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $1.36 / $4.18 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- Mistral Large 4 Preview is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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