Claude Opus 4.8 vs Devstral Small 2
Wins 6 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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Claude Opus 4.8 is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 21 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software50Claude Opus 4.85 of 5 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own30Claude Opus 4.83 of 3 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Claude Opus 4.83 of 3 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Claude Opus 4.82 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude Opus 4.81 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Claude Opus 4.81 of 1 test
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude Opus 4.8 pulls ahead
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+55points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+49.7points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+48points ahead
Where Devstral Small 2 pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 21 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Opus 4.8
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Claude Opus 4.8 by 5584.629.6+55
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Opus 4.8 by 41.658.316.7+41.6
- SWE-bench MultilingualClaude Opus 4.8 by 28.784.455.7+28.7
- SciCodeClaude Opus 4.8 by 2254.432.4+22
- SWE-bench VerifiedClaude Opus 4.8 by 20.688.668+20.6
AgentsClaude Opus 4.8
- GDPValClaude Opus 4.8 by 46.247.81.6+46.2
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingClaude Opus 4.8 by 23.534.210.7+23.5
- Terminal-Bench 4.0Claude Opus 4.8 by 21.721.70+21.7
ReasoningClaude Opus 4.8
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Opus 4.8 by 45.248.73.5+45.2
- GPQA DiamondClaude Opus 4.8 by 38.89253.2+38.8
- CritPtClaude Opus 4.8 by 20.920.90+20.9
FactsClaude Opus 4.8
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude Opus 4.8 by 4860.712.7+48
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Opus 4.8 by 3348.815.8+33
Following instructionsClaude Opus 4.8
- IFBenchClaude Opus 4.8 by 3162.231.2+31
Other results6 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Opus 4.8 by 86.528.8-57.7+86.5
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Opus 4.8 by 7194.423.4+71
- Terminal-Bench 2.0Claude Opus 4.8 by 52.174.622.5+52.1
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Opus 4.8 by 4574.329.3+45
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Opus 4.8 by 37.842.64.8+37.8
- AA IntelligenceClaude Opus 4.8 by 34.341.87.5+34.3
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Opus 4.8 or Devstral Small 2?
Claude Opus 4.8 wins all six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. Devstral Small 2 wins none.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Opus 4.8. It wins 5 of the 5 coding tests both models report; Devstral Small 2 wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 21 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 15 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 6 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.