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Mistral AI

Claude Opus 4.6 vs Mixtral 8x22B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.6 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode

Mixtral 8x22B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Mixtral 8x22B
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.6
Speed
Claude Opus 4.6

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorAnthropicMistral AI
ReleasedFeb 2026Unknown

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Mixtral 8x22B Modalities

Input
Output

Frequently Asked Questions

Mixtral 8x22B has cheaper input pricing at $1.20/M tokens. Mixtral 8x22B has cheaper output pricing at $1.20/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while Mixtral 8x22B has a 65,336 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision. Mixtral 8x22B does not support vision.