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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Magistral Small

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Mistral
Magistral Small
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateFeb 17 2026Jun 10 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
89.9%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
79.6%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMagistral Small shipped 252 days before Claude Sonnet 4.6

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Magistral Small?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Magistral Small on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Magistral Small shipped 252 days before Claude Sonnet 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

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 Sonnet 4.6 released?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 was released by Anthropic on Feb 17 2026.
When was Magistral Small released?
Magistral Small was released by Mistral on Jun 10 2025.

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