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Codestral 22B vs Grok‑1

Mistral Codestral 22B vs xAI Grok‑1 — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Codestral 22B
xAI
Grok‑1
Overview
CompanyMistralxAI
Release dateMay 29 2024Nov 3 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGrok‑1 shipped 208 days before Codestral 22B

Which is better: Codestral 22B or Grok‑1?

Codestral 22B and Grok‑1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Grok‑1 shipped 208 days before Codestral 22B, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Grok‑1 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 Grok‑1 released?
Grok‑1 was released by xAI on Nov 3 2023.
Is Codestral 22B or Grok‑1 open source?
Grok‑1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by xAI. Codestral 22B is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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