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Codestral (2508)

A-TIER

Mistral AI

Intelligence Score 86/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 256K

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

Commercial/Paid Model

DEPRECATED

Mistral (La Plateforme)

This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.

Intelligence Score 86/100

Context Window 32k

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

Equal intelligence scores (86/100), but Codestral (2508) offers a significantly larger context window.

Close Match: The difference is minimal. Consider other factors like pricing and features.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Codestral (2508)	Mixtral 8x7B
Context Window	256K	32k
Architecture	Transformer	Mixture of Experts (MoE)
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~80-84%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	5,000 RPM	1 request/second
Daily Limit	Based on tier	-
Capabilities	Streaming JSON Mode	No specific data
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	A-Tier (Excellent)
Speed Estimate	Medium	⚡ Very Fast
Primary Use Case	💻 Code Generation	General Purpose
Model Size	Undisclosed	7B
Limitations	API key required Limited availability	Phone verification required Data training opt-in required 1 request/second rate limit
Key Strengths	Code completion July 2025 release	Access to Mistral's open-weight models OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Function calling support