Model comparison
Codestral vs Grok Build 0.1
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index. Codestral costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok Build 0.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 43.1 to 27.3.
- Codestral is cheaper at $0.30 / $0.90 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2 for Grok Build 0.1.
Side by side
| Codestral | Grok Build 0.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 30.6 | 36.4 |
| Released | 2024-05-29 | 2026-04-16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | 256K |
| Max output | 8K | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok Build 0.1 leads
Codestral: 27.3 (#321), Grok Build 0.1: 43.1 (#91)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 11.1% | — |
| SciCode | — | 50.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 41.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 137.78 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 73.8% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codestral: —, Grok Build 0.1: 22.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GBAEval | — | 2.4% |
Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads
Codestral: 19.8 (#251), Grok Build 0.1: 32.2 (#77)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 9.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codestral better than Grok Build 0.1?
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index. Codestral costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok Build 0.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Codestral or Grok Build 0.1?
Codestral is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Grok Build 0.1 lists at $1 and $2.
Is Codestral or Grok Build 0.1 better for coding?
Grok Build 0.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 27.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 256K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Codestral and Grok Build 0.1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codestral has 7 scored results on Noometry and Grok Build 0.1 has 3.