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Codestral-22B vs Phi 4 Mini

Codestral-22B leads the LLM Stats Score 0.1 to -4.0.

Mistral AI · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Codestral-22B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 0.1 to -4.0, ranking #324 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 #324 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes

Choose Phi 4 Mini

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Feb 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Codestral-22B
Mistral AI
Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
0.1
#324
-4.0
#345
Reasoning
-0.1
#316
-4.1
#338
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 · 17 for Phi 4 Mini

No common benchmarks found

Codestral-22B and Phi 4 Minidon'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

18.4B diff

Codestral-22B has 18.4B more parameters than Phi 4 Mini, making it 478.1% larger.

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
22.2Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini
3.8Bparameters
22.2B
Codestral-22B
3.8B
Phi 4 Mini

License

Usage and distribution terms

Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while Phi 4 Mini 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 4 Mini

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while Phi 4 Mini was released on 2025-02-01.

Phi 4 Mini is 8 months newer than Codestral-22B.

Codestral-22B

May 29, 2024

2.3 years ago

Phi 4 Mini

Feb 1, 2025

1.6 years ago

8mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Codestral-22B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Phi 4 Mini's training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Codestral-22B's cutoff date.

Codestral-22B

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Phi 4 Mini

Jun 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Codestral-22B and Phi 4 Mini side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Codestral-22B
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Phi 4 Mini
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FAQ

Common questions about Codestral-22B vs Phi 4 Mini.

Which is better, Codestral-22B or Phi 4 Mini?

Codestral-22B leads the LLM Stats Score 0.1 to -4.0. Codestral-22B is made by Mistral AI and Phi 4 Mini 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 4 Mini in benchmarks?

Codestral-22B scores HumanEvalFIM-Average: 91.6%, HumanEval: 81.1%, MBPP: 78.2%, Spider: 63.5%, HumanEval-Average: 61.5%. Phi 4 Mini scores GSM8k: 88.6%, ARC-C: 83.7%, BoolQ: 81.2%, OpenBookQA: 79.2%, PIQA: 77.6%.

What are the main differences between Codestral-22B and Phi 4 Mini?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (0.1 vs -4.0), licensing (MNPL-0.1 vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Codestral-22B and Phi 4 Mini?

Codestral-22B is developed by Mistral AI and Phi 4 Mini is developed by Microsoft.

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