Codestral vs Mistral Large 3

Choose Codestral if you want fast completions and lightweight code edits. Choose Mistral Large 3 if you want general-purpose open-weight agent work, especially in the EU.

Editorially it's close: each model leads in 2 of our five dimensions. On price, Codestral runs about $0.48 per 1M tokens (blended) and is proprietary; Mistral Large 3 is about $0.80 and open-weight.

The model is half the story — the agent is the other half

The model picks the moves; the agent runs the loop, the tools, and the guardrails. Once you've chosen a model, see which agent gets the most out of it.