Codestral-22B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Comparing Codestral-22B by Mistral AI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 by NVIDIA across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Codestral-22B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is better at 1 benchmark (MBPP).

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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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
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NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

14.2B diff

Codestral-22B has 14.2B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1, making it 177.5% larger.

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
22.2Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
8.0Bparameters
22.2B
Codestral-22B
8.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

License

Usage and distribution terms

Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

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

Codestral-22B

MNPL-0.1

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 was released on 2025-03-18.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is 10 months newer than Codestral-22B.

Codestral-22B

May 29, 2024

1.8 years ago

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mar 18, 2025

1.0 years ago

9mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Codestral-22B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Codestral-22B's cutoff date.

Codestral-22B

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Higher MBPP score (84.6% vs 78.2%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1