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Codestral 25.01 vs GPT-5.4 mini

Mistral
Codestral 25.01
OpenAI
GPT-5.4 mini
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateJan 13 2025Mar 17 2026
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Specifications
Context window
256k
400k
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
32%
Timeline
Release gapCodestral 25.01 shipped 428 days before GPT-5.4 mini

Which is better: Codestral 25.01 or GPT-5.4 mini?

Codestral 25.01 and GPT-5.4 mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Codestral 25.01 shipped 428 days before GPT-5.4 mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Context windows are 256k (Codestral 25.01) vs 400k (GPT-5.4 mini).

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Codestral 25.01 and GPT-5.4 mini 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-5.4 mini was released by OpenAI on Mar 17 2026.

Codestral 25.01 has a 256k context window; GPT-5.4 mini has 400k.

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