Mistral Codestral vs Ministral 14B
Lower and Larger mark one number at a time; they don’t rank the models. How well a model does depends on your task; see Benchmarks for measured results.
| Detail | Mistral Codestralmistral/codestral | Ministral 14Bmistral/ministral-14b |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | mistral | mistral |
| Kind | Chat | Chat |
| Input per 1M tokens | $0.315 | $0.21 Lower |
| Cached input per 1M tokens | $0.0315 | $0.021 |
| Cache write per 1M tokens | Same as input | Same as input |
| Output per 1M tokens | $0.945 | $0.21 Lower |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens Larger |
| Max output | 4,000 tokens | 256,000 tokens Larger |
| Capabilities | Tool use | Tool use, vision, file input |
| Takes | Text | Text, image, pdf |
| Returns | Text | Text |
| Zero data retention | Yes, on every provider | Yes, on every provider |
| No training on requests | Yes, on every provider | Yes, on every provider |
| Released | 2024-05-29 | 2025-12-02 |
Example costs
Example requests, priced at today’s rates with no cached input.
| Example request | Mistral Codestral | Ministral 14B |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 tokens in, 200 out | $0.000504 | $0.000252 |
| 10,000 tokens in, 1,000 out | $0.004095 | $0.00231 |
| 100,000 tokens in, 4,000 out | $0.03528 | $0.02184 |