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Claude Opus 4.7 vs Mistral Large 2

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

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Claude Opus 4.7 specs · Mistral Large 2 specs
Verdict by category
  • PriceMistral Large 2

    Mistral Large 2 publishes pricing ($6.00 / 1M output tokens) while Claude Opus 4.7 does not.

  • Context windowClaude Opus 4.7

    Claude Opus 4.7 accepts 500K tokens vs 128K, 3.9× the room for long documents and codebases.

  • BenchmarksTie

    No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.

  • ModalitiesClaude Opus 4.7

    Claude Opus 4.7 supports 2 modalities (text, vision) vs 1 for Mistral Large 2.

  • OpennessMistral Large 2

    Mistral Large 2 ships open weights (Mistral Research License); Claude Opus 4.7 is API-only.

It's a genuine coin-flip between Claude Opus 4.7 and Mistral Large 2: 2 category wins each, with the rest tied. Mistral Large 2 publishes pricing ($6.00 / 1M output tokens) while Claude Opus 4.7 does not. Claude Opus 4.7 accepts 500K tokens vs 128K, 3.9× the room for long documents and codebases.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, Claude Opus 4.7 handles text, vision while Mistral Large 2 handles text, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Mistral Large 2 ships open weights (Mistral Research License); Claude Opus 4.7 is API-only.

Claude Opus 4.7 is the newer of the two, released 19 months after Mistral Large 2, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. Claude Opus 4.7 is usually picked for coding llm and coding agent workloads, while Mistral Large 2 sees more deployments in coding llm and multilingual. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

SpecClaude Opus 4.7Mistral Large 2
ProviderAnthropicMistral
ReleasedFeb 2026Jul 2024
Modalitiestext, visiontext
Context window500K tokens128K tokens
Max output,,
Input · 1MPricing not published$2.00 / 1M tokens
Output · 1MPricing not published$6.00 / 1M tokens
Knowledge cutoff,2024-04
Open weightsNoYes (Mistral Research License)
API availableYesYes

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day, vs $15.00
  • Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day, vs $150
  • RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day, vs $336

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Claude Opus 4.7Pricing unavailable
  • Mistral Large 2$0.500

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Claude Opus 4.7Mistral Large 2
  • MMLU,84.0
  • HumanEval,92.0
Pick Claude Opus 4.7 if

Claude Opus 4.7 fits when…

  • Strongest published SWE-bench Verified scores in agent settings
  • Best-in-class writing quality and voice control
  • Excellent long-context recall and citation discipline
  • Long-context tasks, handles 500K tokens vs 128K for Mistral Large 2.
  • Multimodal needs covering vision.
Pick Mistral Large 2 if

Mistral Large 2 fits when…

  • Strong code and math
  • EU data residency
  • Multilingual
  • Self-hosting and on-prem requirements, open weights (Mistral Research License).
Don't want either?

Consider Claude Sonnet 4.6

Anthropic's mid-tier 4.6 release, the workhorse model behind most production Anthropic deployments.

See Claude Sonnet 4.6 specsClaude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6Mistral Large 2 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6

Frequently asked

  • Is Claude Opus 4.7 or Mistral Large 2 cheaper?
    Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.
  • Which has the larger context window?
    Claude Opus 4.7 accepts 500K tokens vs 128K for Mistral Large 2.
  • Is Claude Opus 4.7 or Mistral Large 2 better for coding?
    Both Claude Opus 4.7 and Mistral Large 2 are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
  • Are either of these models open source?
    Mistral Large 2 ships open weights (Mistral Research License). Claude Opus 4.7 is API-only.
  • When were Claude Opus 4.7 and Mistral Large 2 released?
    Claude Opus 4.7 was released by Anthropic on 2026-02-15. Mistral Large 2 was released by Mistral on 2024-07-24.
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