Codestral-22B vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 14.6 to 0.2.
Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct leads the overall LLM Stats Score 14.6 to 0.2, ranking #219 overall.
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 Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
- overall performance matters — it scores 14.6 and ranks #219 on LLM Stats
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2024
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Individual benchmarks
7 reported for Codestral-22B · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Codestral-22B and Qwen2-VL-72B-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
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has 51.2B more parameters than Codestral-22B, making it 230.6% larger.
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Codestral-22B does not.
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Codestral-22B
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
MNPL-0.1
Open weights
tongyi-qianwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is 3 months newer than Codestral-22B.
May 29, 2024
2.3 years ago
Aug 29, 2024
2.0 years ago
3mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while Codestral-22B's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct's training data extends to 2023-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Codestral-22B's cutoff date.
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Jun 2023
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Codestral-22B and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Codestral-22B vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.