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Codestral-22B vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Codestral-22B and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct are closely matched at 0.2 and -3.1 on the LLM Stats Score.

Mistral AI · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Codestral-22B and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 0.2 and -3.1.

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

Choose Codestral-22B

  • you are already invested in the Mistral AI ecosystem

Choose Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Codestral-22B
Mistral AI
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
0.2
#313
-3.1
#331
Reasoning
0.1
#306
-4.5
#328
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
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Context window
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Individual benchmarks

7 reported for Codestral-22B · 9 for Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

No common benchmarks found

Codestral-22B and Phi-3.5-vision-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

18.0B diff

Codestral-22B has 18.0B more parameters than Phi-3.5-vision-instruct, making it 428.6% larger.

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
22.2Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
4.2Bparameters
22.2B
Codestral-22B
4.2B
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Codestral-22B does not.

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Codestral-22B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct uses MIT.

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

Codestral-22B

MNPL-0.1

Open weights

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is 3 months newer than Codestral-22B.

Codestral-22B

May 29, 2024

2.3 years ago

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

2.0 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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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Codestral-22B and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Codestral-22B
✓ Preferred
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Codestral-22B vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct.

Which is better, Codestral-22B or Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Codestral-22B and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 0.2 and -3.1. Codestral-22B is made by Mistral AI and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Codestral-22B compare to Phi-3.5-vision-instruct in benchmarks?

Codestral-22B scores HumanEvalFIM-Average: 91.6%, HumanEval: 81.1%, MBPP: 78.2%, Spider: 63.5%, HumanEval-Average: 61.5%. Phi-3.5-vision-instruct scores ScienceQA: 91.3%, POPE: 86.1%, MMBench: 81.9%, ChartQA: 81.8%, AI2D: 78.1%.

What are the main differences between Codestral-22B and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (0.2 vs -3.1), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MNPL-0.1 vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Codestral-22B and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Codestral-22B is developed by Mistral AI and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is developed by Microsoft.

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