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Codestral 2508 vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B

Codestral 2508 (Mistral AI) and Mistral Small 3.2 24B (Mistral AI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Mistral Small 3.2 24B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#78 vs #226); Mistral Small 3.2 24B is 3.6× cheaper per output token ($0.25/1M vs $0.90/1M); and Mistral Small 3.2 24B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Codestral 2508 if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — Codestral 2508 was listed 1 August 2025, Mistral Small 3.2 24B 20 June 2025.

Choose Mistral Small 3.2 24B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #78 against #226 (32.7 vs 0.0 points).
  • API cost matters — $0.25/1M output tokens against $0.90/1M, about 3.6× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.094/1M against $0.30/1M.
  • you want to self-host: Mistral Small 3.2 24B ships open weights while Codestral 2508 is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 3 listed API providers against 1.

Codestral 2508 vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Codestral 2508 and Mistral Small 3.2 24B
FieldCodestral 2508Mistral AIMistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AI
ModelCap Index position#226#78
Index score0.032.7
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.30$0.094
Output price / 1M tokens$0.90$0.25
Context window256K tokens256K tokens
Max output tokens—16K
API providers listed13
Weight accessAPI onlyOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, FileImage, Text
First listed1 August 202520 June 2025
PublisherMistral AIMistral AI

Evidence: publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Codestral 2508 vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B

Public benchmark boards where Codestral 2508 or Mistral Small 3.2 24B has a published result
BoardCodestral 2508Mistral Small 3.2 24BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14121402–1422Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Codestral 2508 vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B: common questions

Is Codestral 2508 better than Mistral Small 3.2 24B?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #78 against #226. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Codestral 2508 cheaper than Mistral Small 3.2 24B?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B is cheaper on output tokens: $0.25/1M against $0.90/1M. Input tokens are $0.30/1M for Codestral 2508 and $0.094/1M for Mistral Small 3.2 24B. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Codestral 2508 or Mistral Small 3.2 24B?

Both publish a 256K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Codestral 2508 or Mistral Small 3.2 24B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Codestral 2508 and Mistral Small 3.2 24B open-weight models?

Codestral 2508: API only. Mistral Small 3.2 24B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Codestral 2508 and Mistral Small 3.2 24B?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Codestral 2508 and 3 for Mistral Small 3.2 24B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Codestral 2508 vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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