Model comparison
Codestral vs Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index. Codestral costs 3.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads 43.9 to 19.8.
- Codestral is cheaper at $0.30 / $0.90 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $2.50 for Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent.
- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| Codestral | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 30.6 | 46.2 |
| Released | 2024-05-29 | 2026-03-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | 1M |
| Max output | 8K | 30K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads
Codestral: 27.3 (#321), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.0 (#92)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 11.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 41.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1457 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 137.78 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 73.8% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codestral: —, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: —
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | — | 1204 |
Reasoning Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads
Codestral: 19.8 (#251), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.9 (#48)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 89.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1448 |
Math Not comparable
Codestral: —, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.4 (#104)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1442 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codestral: —, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.4 (#119)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1445 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Codestral: —, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.5 (#48)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1259 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Codestral: —, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 54.4 (#43)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1440 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1475 |
| LMArena French | — | 1466 |
| LMArena German | — | 1456 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1416 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1457 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1447 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Codestral: —, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 74.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1420 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codestral: —, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.7 (#88)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1431 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Codestral: —, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 64.0 (#59)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1450 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1436 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1452 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codestral better than Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent?
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index. Codestral costs 3.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Codestral or Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent?
Codestral is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent lists at $1.25 and $2.50.
Is Codestral or Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent better for coding?
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 27.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent does, with 1M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Codestral and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codestral has 7 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has 20.