Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5
Rank, tier, score and price side by side, from our weekly rankings. Scores are editorial opinion based on public sources.
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Mistral Medium 3.5
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Claude Sonnet 5
- ProviderMistral AIAnthropic
- Rank#27#20Higher rank
- TierAA
- Score83.684.8Higher score
- PriceOpen weights (Modified MIT); API $1.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens via MistralAPI $2 input / $10 output per 1M tokens (legacy model)
- TaglineFrontier-class multimodal model from Mistral optimized for agentic and coding use cases.Anthropic's June 2026 Sonnet model for large-scale coding and agentic work, now a legacy model succeeded by Sonnet 5.5 (September 2026) at the same price.
| Attribute | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Claude Sonnet 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Anthropic |
| Rank | #27 | #20Higher rank |
| Tier | A | A |
| Score | 83.6 | 84.8Higher score |
| Price | Open weights (Modified MIT); API $1.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens via Mistral | API $2 input / $10 output per 1M tokens (legacy model) |
| Tagline | Frontier-class multimodal model from Mistral optimized for agentic and coding use cases. | Anthropic's June 2026 Sonnet model for large-scale coding and agentic work, now a legacy model succeeded by Sonnet 5.5 (September 2026) at the same price. |