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Codestral 22B vs Mistral Large 3

Mistral Codestral 22B vs Mistral Mistral Large 3 — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Codestral 22B
Mistral
Mistral Large 3
Overview
CompanyMistralMistral
Release dateMay 29 2024Dec 2 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapCodestral 22B shipped 552 days before Mistral Large 3

Which is better: Codestral 22B or Mistral Large 3?

Codestral 22B and Mistral Large 3 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Codestral 22B shipped 552 days before Mistral Large 3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Large 3 is an open-source / open-weight model; Codestral 22B is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Codestral 22B released?
Codestral 22B was released by Mistral on May 29 2024.
When was Mistral Large 3 released?
Mistral Large 3 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
Is Codestral 22B or Mistral Large 3 open source?
Mistral Large 3 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Codestral 22B is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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