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Codestral Mamba 7B vs o4-mini

Mistral
Codestral Mamba 7B
OpenAI
o4-mini
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateJul 16 2024Apr 16 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
8%
Timeline
Release gapCodestral Mamba 7B shipped 274 days before o4-mini

Which is better: Codestral Mamba 7B or o4-mini?

Codestral Mamba 7B and o4-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Codestral Mamba 7B shipped 274 days before o4-mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Codestral Mamba 7B is open weight, while o4-mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Codestral Mamba 7B and o4-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Codestral Mamba 7B was released by Mistral on Jul 16 2024.

o4-mini was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.

Codestral Mamba 7B is an open weight model released by Mistral. o4-mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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