Model Comparison

Codestral-22B vs Ministral 8B Instruct

Codestral-22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Codestral-22B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (HumanEval), while Ministral 8B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Codestral-22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.10
Best providerMistral
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

14.2B diff

Codestral-22B has 14.2B more parameters than Ministral 8B Instruct, making it 176.8% larger.

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
22.2Bparameters
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
22.2B
Codestral-22B
8.0B
Ministral 8B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Ministral 8B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Ministral 8B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while Ministral 8B Instruct uses Mistral Research License.

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

Codestral-22B

MNPL-0.1

Open weights

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while Ministral 8B Instruct was released on 2024-10-16.

Ministral 8B Instruct is 5 months newer than Codestral-22B.

Codestral-22B

May 29, 2024

1.8 years ago

Ministral 8B Instruct

Oct 16, 2024

1.5 years ago

4mo 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 HumanEval score (81.1% vs 34.8%)
Mistral AI
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
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Codestral-22B
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Ministral 8B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Codestral-22B vs Ministral 8B Instruct

Codestral-22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Codestral-22B is made by Mistral AI and Ministral 8B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Codestral-22B scores HumanEvalFIM-Average: 91.6%, HumanEval: 81.1%, MBPP: 78.2%, Spider: 63.5%, HumanEval-Average: 61.5%. Ministral 8B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 83.0%, Winogrande: 75.3%, ARC-C: 71.9%, Arena Hard: 70.9%, MBPP pass@1: 70.0%.
Codestral-22B supports an unknown number of tokens and Ministral 8B Instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (MNPL-0.1 vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.