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Codestral Mamba 7B vs Grok 4.5

Mistral
Codestral Mamba 7B
SpaceXAI
Grok 4.5
Overview
CompanyMistralSpaceXAI
Release dateJul 16 2024Jul 8 2026
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Agentic coding
SWE-Bench Pro
64.7%
Multilingual coding
SWE-Bench Multilingual
78%
Agentic coding
DeepSWE 1.0
62%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
83.3%
Timeline
Release gapCodestral Mamba 7B shipped 722 days before Grok 4.5

Which is better: Codestral Mamba 7B or Grok 4.5?

Codestral Mamba 7B and Grok 4.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Codestral Mamba 7B shipped 722 days before Grok 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Codestral Mamba 7B is open weight, while Grok 4.5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Codestral Mamba 7B and Grok 4.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

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

Grok 4.5 was released by SpaceXAI on Jul 8 2026.

Codestral Mamba 7B is an open weight model released by Mistral. Grok 4.5 is a proprietary model released by SpaceXAI.

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