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Codestral-22B vs GPT-6 Sol

GPT-6 Sol leads the LLM Stats Score 49.4 to 0.0.

Mistral AI · OpenAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

GPT-6 Sol leads the overall LLM Stats Score 49.4 to 0.0, ranking #21 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 GPT-6 Sol

  • overall performance matters — it scores 49.4 and ranks #21 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Codestral-22B
Mistral AI
GPT-6 Sol
OpenAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
0.0
#332
49.4
#21
Reasoning
-0.1
#324
45.6
#29
Coding
2.5
#231
35.8
#25
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$2.00 / M
Output price
— / M
$10.00 / M
Context window
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1,050,000

Individual benchmarks

7 reported for Codestral-22B · 5 for GPT-6 Sol

No common benchmarks found

Codestral-22B and GPT-6 Soldon'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

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only GPT-6 Sol specifies input context (1,050,000 tokens). Only GPT-6 Sol specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
OpenAI
GPT-6 Sol
Input1,050,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Wed Sep 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

GPT-6 Sol supports multimodal inputs, whereas Codestral-22B does not.

GPT-6 Sol can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Codestral-22B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

GPT-6 Sol

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while GPT-6 Sol 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

GPT-6 Sol

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while GPT-6 Sol was released on 2026-09-22.

GPT-6 Sol is 28 months newer than Codestral-22B.

Codestral-22B

May 29, 2024

2.3 years ago

GPT-6 Sol

Sep 22, 2026

0 days ago

2.3yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-6 Sol has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-04-20, while Codestral-22B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-6 Sol's training data extends to 2026-04-20, but cannot make a direct comparison without Codestral-22B's cutoff date.

Codestral-22B

—

GPT-6 Sol

Apr 2026

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Codestral-22B and GPT-6 Sol side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Codestral-22B
✓ Preferred
GPT-6 Sol
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FAQ

Common questions about Codestral-22B vs GPT-6 Sol.

Which is better, Codestral-22B or GPT-6 Sol?

GPT-6 Sol leads the LLM Stats Score 49.4 to 0.0. Codestral-22B is made by Mistral AI and GPT-6 Sol is made by OpenAI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Codestral-22B compare to GPT-6 Sol in benchmarks?

Codestral-22B scores HumanEvalFIM-Average: 91.6%, HumanEval: 81.1%, MBPP: 78.2%, Spider: 63.5%, HumanEval-Average: 61.5%. GPT-6 Sol scores DeepSWE 1.1: 68.8%, OSWorld 2.0: 64.4%, Agents' Last Exam: 56.4%, FrontierCode 1.1: 49.3%, AutomationBench v1.0.6: 33.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Codestral-22B and GPT-6 Sol?

Codestral-22B supports an unknown number of tokens and GPT-6 Sol supports 1.1M 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 GPT-6 Sol?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (0.0 vs 49.4), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MNPL-0.1 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Codestral-22B and GPT-6 Sol?

Codestral-22B is developed by Mistral AI and GPT-6 Sol is developed by OpenAI.

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