Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Codestral

A-TIER

Mistral (La Plateforme)

Intelligence Score 86/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 256k

Pricing Model Free / Open

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S-TIER

Grok (xAI)

Intelligence Score 98/100

Context Window 256K

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 98/100 vs 86/100, Grok 4 outperforms Codestral by 12 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Codestral	Grok 4
Context Window	256k	256K
Architecture	Transformer	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~92-95%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Paid / Commercial
Rate Limit (RPM)	1 request/second	Varies (low for free tier)
Daily Limit	-	Credit-based
Capabilities	No specific data	No specific data
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	S-Tier (Elite)
Speed Estimate	Medium	Medium
Primary Use Case	💻 Code Generation	General Purpose
Model Size	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
Limitations	Phone verification required Data training opt-in required 1 request/second rate limit	$25/month credit cap (generous but finite) Lower rate limits on free tier Vision models have smaller context
Key Strengths	Access to Mistral's open-weight models OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Function calling support	Monthly renewing $25 free credits OpenAI-compatible API (drop-in replacement) Real-time knowledge from X/Twitter data