Model comparison
Codestral vs Pixtral Large
Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index. Codestral costs 6.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Pixtral Large's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AISummary
- Codestral is cheaper at $0.30 / $0.90 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
- Codestral accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 128K.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codestral | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.6 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2024-05-29 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 128K |
| Max output | 8K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Codestral: 27.3 (#321), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Codestral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 11.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 41.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 137.78 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 73.8% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.9% | — |
Reasoning Pixtral Large leads
Codestral: 19.8 (#251), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Codestral: —, Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Codestral: —, Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codestral better than Pixtral Large?
Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index. Codestral costs 6.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Pixtral Large's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Codestral or Pixtral Large?
Codestral is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.
Which has the bigger context window?
Codestral does, with 256K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Codestral and Pixtral Large share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codestral has 7 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.