Model comparison
Codestral vs DeepSeek V4 Flash
DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
DeepSeekSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Codestral scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek V4 Flash in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 19.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 32.5% for Codestral and 52.2% for DeepSeek V4 Flash.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $0.90 for Codestral.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 256K.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codestral | DeepSeek V4 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 30.6 | 53.6 |
| Released | 2024-05-29 | 2026-04-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 1M |
| Max output | 8K | 393K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
Codestral: 27.3 (#321), DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59)
| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 137.78 | 1,306 |
| FrontierCode | — | 18.8% |
| Aider Polyglot | 11.1% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1582 |
| SciCode | — | 49.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 63% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 41.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1457 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 73.8% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.9% | — |
Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
Codestral: 19.8 (#251), DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30)
| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | 52.2% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 61.4% |
| SimpleBench | — | 61.1% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 89.6% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 89% |
| CritPt | — | 16.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 33% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1444 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 34% |
| DTBench | — | 90.9% |
| LMCA | — | 41.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 154.49 |
Math Not comparable
Codestral: —, DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37)
| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 57.5% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 24.4% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 76.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 94.4% |
| ProofBench | — | 56% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1427 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codestral: —, DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48)
| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 91% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 33.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1441 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Codestral: —, DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72)
| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1468 |
| LMArena French | — | 1439 |
| LMArena German | — | 1418 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1406 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1436 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Codestral: —, DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1421 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codestral: —, DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85)
| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1434 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Codestral: —, DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61)
| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1432 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1403 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1559 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1449 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codestral better than DeepSeek V4 Flash?
DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Codestral or DeepSeek V4 Flash?
DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Codestral lists at $0.30 and $0.90.
Is Codestral or DeepSeek V4 Flash better for coding?
DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 27.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
DeepSeek V4 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Codestral and DeepSeek V4 Flash share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codestral has 7 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41.