Codestral-22B vs Grok-2 mini Comparison

Comparing Codestral-22B and Grok-2 mini across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Codestral-22B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Grok-2 mini is better at 1 benchmark (HumanEval).

Grok-2 mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

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Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
xAI
Grok-2 mini
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-2 mini supports multimodal inputs, whereas Codestral-22B does not.

Grok-2 mini can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Codestral-22B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Grok-2 mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while Grok-2 mini 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

Grok-2 mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while Grok-2 mini was released on 2024-08-13.

Grok-2 mini is 3 months newer than Codestral-22B.

Codestral-22B

May 29, 2024

1.8 years ago

Grok-2 mini

Aug 13, 2024

1.6 years ago

2mo 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

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Key Takeaways

Has open weights
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher HumanEval score (85.7% vs 81.1%)

Detailed Comparison

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Codestral-22B
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Grok-2 mini