Model comparison
Codestral vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 40.8 to 27.3.
Side by side
| Codestral | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 30.6 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2024-05-29 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Codestral: 27.3 (#321), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 11.1% | — |
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 41.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 137.78 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 73.8% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codestral: —, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Codestral: 19.8 (#251), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codestral better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codestral or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 27.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codestral and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codestral has 7 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.