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Claude Sonnet 4 vs Pixtral 12B (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Claude Sonnet 4 vs. Pixtral 12B
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Overview

Pixtral 12B was released 8 months before Claude Sonnet 4.
Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
Pixtral 12BPixtral 12B
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
Anthropic logoAnthropic
Mistral logoMistral
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
1M
tokens
32.8K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
64K
tokens
Not specified
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
May 22nd, 2025
September 10th, 2024

Capabilities & Features

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Claude Sonnet 4
Pixtral 12B
Input Types
Supported input formats
🖼️Image📝Text📁File
📝Text🖼️Image
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
ClaudeMistral
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source
Model availability
ProprietaryAvailable on HuggingFace →

Pricing

Claude Sonnet 4 is roughly 30.0x more expensive compared to Pixtral 12B for input tokens and roughly 150.0x more expensive for output tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
Pixtral 12BPixtral 12B
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$3.00
per million tokens
$0.10
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$15.00
per million tokens
$0.10
per million tokens

Benchmarks

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Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
Pixtral 12BPixtral 12B
MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
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MMMU
Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains
Benchmark not available.
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HellaSwag
Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Claude Sonnet 4 and Pixtral 12B unique.
Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning. It can handle standard conversations with its 1M token context window. Premium pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released May 22nd, 2025.
Mistral logoPixtral 12B by Mistral understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 32.8K token context window. Very affordable at $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output tokens. Released September 10th, 2024.

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