Model Comparison

Codestral-22B vs Llama 4 MaverickWhich is better in 2026?

Codestral-22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Verdict: Codestral-22B vs Llama 4 Maverick — which is better?

Codestral-22B (by Mistral AI) and Llama 4 Maverick (by Meta) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.

Codestral-22B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MBPP), while Llama 4 Maverick is better at 0 benchmarks. Codestral-22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Choose Codestral-22B if…

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks

Choose Llama 4 Maverick if…

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025
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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Codestral-22B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MBPP), while Llama 4 Maverick is better at 0 benchmarks.

Codestral-22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sat Jun 13 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

377.8B diff

Llama 4 Maverick has 377.8B more parameters than Codestral-22B, making it 1701.8% larger.

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
22.2Bparameters
Meta
Llama 4 Maverick
400.0Bparameters
22.2B
Codestral-22B
400.0B
Llama 4 Maverick

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 4 Maverick specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Llama 4 Maverick specifies output context (1,000,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 4 Maverick
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output1,000,000 tokens
Sat Jun 13 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Llama 4 Maverick supports multimodal inputs, whereas Codestral-22B does not.

Llama 4 Maverick can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Codestral-22B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 4 Maverick

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while Llama 4 Maverick uses Llama 4 Community License Agreement.

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

Codestral-22B

MNPL-0.1

Open weights

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Community License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while Llama 4 Maverick was released on 2025-04-05.

Llama 4 Maverick is 10 months newer than Codestral-22B.

Codestral-22B

May 29, 2024

2.0 years ago

Llama 4 Maverick

Apr 5, 2025

1.2 years ago

10mo 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

Mistral AI
Higher MBPP score (78.2% vs 77.6%)
Meta
Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
Meta
Llama 4 Maverick

FAQ

Common questions about Codestral-22B vs Llama 4 Maverick.

Which is better, Codestral-22B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Codestral-22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Codestral-22B is made by Mistral AI and Llama 4 Maverick is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Codestral-22B compare to Llama 4 Maverick in benchmarks?

Codestral-22B scores HumanEvalFIM-Average: 91.6%, HumanEval: 81.1%, MBPP: 78.2%, Spider: 63.5%, HumanEval-Average: 61.5%. Llama 4 Maverick scores DocVQA: 94.4%, MGSM: 92.3%, ChartQA: 90.0%, MMLU: 85.5%, MMLU-Pro: 80.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Codestral-22B and Llama 4 Maverick?

Codestral-22B supports an unknown number of tokens and Llama 4 Maverick 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 Llama 4 Maverick?

Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MNPL-0.1 vs Llama 4 Community License Agreement). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Codestral-22B and Llama 4 Maverick?

Codestral-22B is developed by Mistral AI and Llama 4 Maverick is developed by Meta.

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