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Mistral AI

Codestral 22B

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Mistral AI

Ministral 3 3B

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

👑 Editorial Verdict: Ministral 3 3B strictly dominates Codestral 22B across all compared dimensions. It is not only more cost-effective (blended cost of $0.10 vs $0.45 per 1M tokens) but also delivers superior coding accuracy (0% vs 0% on SWE-bench). Unless you have platform lock-in, Ministral 3 3B is the clear and optimal choice for all development workloads.

Model Specs

Codestral 22B

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
N/A

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$0.45Input: $0.30 | Output: $0.90
Context Window
32.77k tokens
Model Specs

Ministral 3 3B

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
N/A

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)4.5x cheaper
$0.10Input: $0.10 | Output: $0.10
Context WindowLarger
262.14k tokens

Frequently Asked Questions

Ministral 3 3B is cheaper than Codestral 22B. Ministral 3 3B has a blended cost of $0.10/1M tokens, which is about 4.5x cheaper than Codestral 22B at $0.45/1M tokens.

Coding benchmark scores are not currently recorded for these models.

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