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  3. Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest vs Codestral 25.01

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest vs Codestral 25.01 benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Codestral 25.01 is more budget-friendly at $0.9/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose Codestral 25.01 if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Executive Verdict Summary

Codestral 25.01 holds empirical advantage (2 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench
Codestral 25.01Top code solve rate
ReasoningGPQA / Live
Codestral 25.01Top logical accuracy
Best Value$/1M Tok
Codestral 25.01Lowest API billing cost
Speed / TokTok/Sec
Codestral 25.01Fastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest (1)Codestral 25.01 (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest
1 of 3 Wins
✓Context window
Codestral 25.01
2 of 3 Wins
✓Input price✓Output price
~anthropic
Leads 1 of 3
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (~anthropic/claude-sonnet-latest). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $2 · Out: $10/1M
Mistral
Leads 2 of 3
Codestral 25.01

Mistral code-specialist model.

CodestralElo 1,320In: $0.3 · Out: $0.9/1M
Top Rival Showdowns for Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest
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Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderCodestral 25.01 Wins

Codestral 25.01

$0.9 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest (1)vsCodestral 25.01 (9)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest: 1W (10%)Overall: Codestral 25.01Codestral 25.01: 9W (90%)
← Anthropic Claude Sonnet LatestCodestral 25.01 →
🏆Codestral 25.01 Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
Anthropic Claude Sonnet LatestvsCodestral 25.01
Preference Elo
—vs1,320
Coding Elo
—vs1,402
SWE-bench
—vs51.8%
LiveBench
—vs54%
GPQA Diamond
—vs58.4%
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest: 0WCodestral 25.01: 5W
🏆Codestral 25.01 Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Anthropic Claude Sonnet LatestvsCodestral 25.01
Output speed
—vs148 tok/s
Time to first token
—vs150 ms
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest: 0WCodestral 25.01: 2W
🏆Codestral 25.01 Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Anthropic Claude Sonnet LatestvsCodestral 25.01
Output price
$10/1Mvs$0.9/1M+$9.1/1M
Input price
$2/1Mvs$0.3/1M+$1.7/1M
Context window
1Mvs256k+744k
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest: 1WCodestral 25.01: 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Anthropic Claude Sonnet LatestCodestral 25.01
Preference Elo
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest—
Codestral 25.011,320
Coding Elo
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest—
Codestral 25.011,402
LiveBench
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest—
Codestral 25.0154%
SWE-bench
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest—
Codestral 25.0151.8%
GPQA Diamond
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest—
Codestral 25.0158.4%
Time to first token
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest—
Codestral 25.01150 ms
Output speed
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest—
Codestral 25.01148 tok/s
Input priceCodestral 25.01 +$1.7/1M
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest$2/1M
Codestral 25.01$0.3/1M
Output priceCodestral 25.01 +$9.1/1M
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest$10/1M
Codestral 25.01$0.9/1M
Context windowAnthropic Claude Sonnet Latest +744k
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest1M
Codestral 25.01256k
BenchmarkAnthropic Claude Sonnet LatestCodestral 25.01Advantage Delta
Preference Elo—
1,320
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
—
Coding Elo—
1,402
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
—
LiveBench—
54%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
—
SWE-bench—
51.8%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
—
GPQA Diamond—
58.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
—
Time to first token—
150 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
—
Output speed—
148 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
—
Input price
$2/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
$0.3/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+$1.7/1M
Output price
$10/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
$0.9/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+$9.1/1M
Context window
1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
256k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+744k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 89% with Codestral 25.01
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest$220.00 / mo
In: $70Out: $150
Codestral 25.01$24.00 / mo
In: $10.5Out: $13.5
Estimated Cost Delta

Codestral 25.01 is estimated to save $196.00/month ($2,352/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

  • 1
    Codestral 25.01:Pick Codestral 25.01 when you are optimizing output cost.
  • 2
    Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest:Pick Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatCodestral 25.01

Lower output list price ($0.9/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGAnthropic Claude Sonnet Latest

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionCodestral 25.01

Codestral 25.01 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatCodestral 25.01Lower output list price ($0.9/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGAnthropic Claude Sonnet LatestLarger window (1M).
Screenshots / visionCodestral 25.01Codestral 25.01 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

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launchJan 14, 2025

Codestral 25.01: Mistral’s code-specialist row

Jan 2025 code model. Still a valid cheap-coding compare. Not a chatbot.

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~anthropic

Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)1M
Input / 1M Tokens$2/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$10/1M
Mistral

Codestral 25.01

Elo 1,320
SWE-bench51.8%
Speed (tok/s)148 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$0.3/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0.9/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest or Codestral 25.01?
We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest or Codestral 25.01?
SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Codestral 25.01 output tokens are $0.9/1M versus $10/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest or Codestral 25.01?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest accepts 1M tokens versus 256k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest and Codestral 25.01 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Related news

  • launch · Jan 14, 2025

    Codestral 25.01: Mistral’s code-specialist row

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