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Codestral 25.01 vs GPT-4.1

Mistral
Codestral 25.01
OpenAI
GPT-4.1
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateJan 13 2025Apr 14 2025
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Specifications
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
14%
Timeline
Release gapCodestral 25.01 shipped 91 days before GPT-4.1

Which is better: Codestral 25.01 or GPT-4.1?

Codestral 25.01 and GPT-4.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Codestral 25.01 shipped 91 days before GPT-4.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Codestral 25.01 and GPT-4.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Codestral 25.01 was released by Mistral on Jan 13 2025.

GPT-4.1 was released by OpenAI on Apr 14 2025.

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