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Codestral-22B vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Codestral-22B leads the LLM Stats Score 0.1 to -5.9.

Mistral AI · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Codestral-22B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 0.1 to -5.9, ranking #314 overall.

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

Choose Codestral-22B

  • overall performance matters — it scores 0.1 and ranks #314 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes

Choose Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2024

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Codestral-22B
Mistral AI
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
0.1
#314
-5.9
#349
Reasoning
-0.0
#307
-6.6
#341
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.01 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.02 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Individual benchmarks

7 reported for Codestral-22B · 15 for Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Codestral-22B and Llama 3.2 3B Instructdon'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

19.0B diff

Codestral-22B has 19.0B more parameters than Llama 3.2 3B Instruct, making it 591.6% larger.

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
22.2Bparameters
Meta
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
3.2Bparameters
22.2B
Codestral-22B
3.2B
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Fri Sep 04 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while Llama 3.2 3B Instruct uses Llama 3.2 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 3.2 3B Instruct

Llama 3.2 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while Llama 3.2 3B Instruct was released on 2024-09-25.

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is 4 months newer than Codestral-22B.

Codestral-22B

May 29, 2024

2.3 years ago

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Sep 25, 2024

1.9 years ago

3mo 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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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Codestral-22B and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Codestral-22B
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Codestral-22B vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct.

Which is better, Codestral-22B or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Codestral-22B leads the LLM Stats Score 0.1 to -5.9. Codestral-22B is made by Mistral AI and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Codestral-22B compare to Llama 3.2 3B Instruct in benchmarks?

Codestral-22B scores HumanEvalFIM-Average: 91.6%, HumanEval: 81.1%, MBPP: 78.2%, Spider: 63.5%, HumanEval-Average: 61.5%. Llama 3.2 3B Instruct scores NIH/Multi-needle: 84.7%, ARC-C: 78.6%, GSM8k: 77.7%, IFEval: 77.4%, HellaSwag: 69.8%.

What are the context window sizes for Codestral-22B and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Codestral-22B supports an unknown number of tokens and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct supports 128K 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 Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (0.1 vs -5.9), licensing (MNPL-0.1 vs Llama 3.2 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Codestral-22B and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Codestral-22B is developed by Mistral AI and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is developed by Meta.

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