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Claude 3 Opus vs Devstral 2 (123B)

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Mistral
Devstral 2 (123B)
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateMar 4 2024Dec 9 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
50.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
33%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3 Opus shipped 645 days before Devstral 2 (123B)

Which is better: Claude 3 Opus or Devstral 2 (123B)?

Claude 3 Opus leads Devstral 2 (123B) on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3 Opus shipped 645 days before Devstral 2 (123B), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Devstral 2 (123B) is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 3 Opus is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3 Opus released?
Claude 3 Opus was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
When was Devstral 2 (123B) released?
Devstral 2 (123B) was released by Mistral on Dec 9 2025.
Is Claude 3 Opus or Devstral 2 (123B) open source?
Devstral 2 (123B) is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude 3 Opus is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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