Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Codestral-22B
Claude 3.5 Haiku and Codestral-22B are closely matched at 5.8 and 0.5 on the LLM Stats Score.
Anthropic · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Claude 3.5 Haiku and Codestral-22B are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 5.8 and 0.5.
In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude 3.5 Haiku wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Claude 3.5 Haiku
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2024
Choose Codestral-22B
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Individual benchmarks
9 reported for Claude 3.5 Haiku · 7 for Codestral-22B
Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 1 benchmarks (HumanEval), while Codestral-22B is better at 0 benchmarks.
Claude 3.5 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Claude 3.5 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.5 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Claude 3.5 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Codestral-22B uses MNPL-0.1.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
MNPL-0.1
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29.
Claude 3.5 Haiku is 5 months newer than Codestral-22B.
Oct 22, 2024
1.9 years ago
4mo newerMay 29, 2024
2.3 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Haiku and Codestral-22B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Codestral-22B.