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Codestral-22B vs ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -0.5.

Mistral AI · Baidu · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -0.5, ranking #13 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Codestral-22B

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #13 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Codestral-22B
Mistral AI
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
Baidu
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-0.5
#374
52.3
#13
Reasoning
-0.7
#366
50.7
#12
Coding
2.3
#268
37.9
#20
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.28 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.13 / M
Context window
—
1,048,576

Individual benchmarks

7 reported for Codestral-22B · 13 for ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

No common benchmarks found

Codestral-22B and ERNIE 5.5 Flash Previewdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

257.8B diff

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview has 257.8B more parameters than Codestral-22B, making it 1161.3% larger.

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
22.2Bparameters
Baidu
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
280.0Bparameters
22.2B
Codestral-22B
280.0B
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview specifies output context (1,048,576 tokens).

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Baidu
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output1,048,576 tokens
Thu Nov 12 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Codestral-22B

MNPL-0.1

Open weights

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview was released on 2026-11-11.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is 30 months newer than Codestral-22B.

Codestral-22B

May 29, 2024

2.5 years ago

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Nov 11, 2026

1 days ago

2.5yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Codestral-22B and ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Codestral-22B
✓ Preferred
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Codestral-22B vs ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview.

Which is better, Codestral-22B or ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -0.5. Codestral-22B is made by Mistral AI and ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is made by Baidu. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Codestral-22B compare to ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview in benchmarks?

Codestral-22B scores HumanEvalFIM-Average: 91.6%, HumanEval: 81.1%, MBPP: 78.2%, Spider: 63.5%, HumanEval-Average: 61.5%. ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview scores BrowseComp: 87.4%, DRACO: 84.9%, MCP Atlas: 84.6%, DeepSWE 1.1: 71.2%, OfficeQA Pro: 67.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Codestral-22B and ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview?

Codestral-22B supports an unknown number of tokens and ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Codestral-22B and ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-0.5 vs 52.3), licensing (MNPL-0.1 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Codestral-22B and ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview?

Codestral-22B is developed by Mistral AI and ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is developed by Baidu.

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