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  3. Codestral 25.01 vs Llama 4 Maverick

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026

Codestral 25.01 vs Llama 4 Maverick benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Llama 4 Maverick delivers higher overall intelligence and human-preferred responses (Elo 1,468 vs 1,320), while Llama 4 Maverick leads in SWE-bench software engineering benchmarks (57.1%), while Llama 4 Maverick is more budget-friendly at $0.6/1M per 1M output tokens, while Codestral 25.01 provides faster response streaming (148 tok/s). Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Llama 4 Maverick holds the advantage over Codestral 25.01 in overall benchmark performance and human evaluation rankings. Choose Llama 4 Maverick for demanding workloads, or review the breakdown below to compare coding and pricing metrics.
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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

10 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Codestral 25.01 (2)Llama 4 Maverick (8)
Codestral 25.01
2 of 10 Wins
✓Time to first token✓Output speed
Llama 4 Maverick
8 of 10 Wins
✓Preference Elo✓Coding Elo✓LiveBench✓SWE-bench✓GPQA Diamond✓Input price✓Output price✓Context window
Mistral
Leads 2 of 10 metrics
Codestral 25.01

Mistral code-specialist model.

CodestralElo 1,320$0.9/1M out
Meta
Leads 8 of 10 metrics
Llama 4 Maverick

Meta natively multimodal open-weight flagship.

Elo 1,468$0.6/1M out

Mistral Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

2 models

Currently comparing Codestral 25.01 vs Llama 4 Maverick. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Codestral 25.01
Mistral Large 3$6
Top Rival Showdowns for Codestral 25.01
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Preference LeaderLlama 4 Maverick Wins

Llama 4 Maverick

Δ 148 Arena Elo pts

Throughput LeaderCodestral 25.01 Wins

Codestral 25.01

148 tok/s

Value per Dollar LeaderLlama 4 Maverick Wins

Llama 4 Maverick

$0.6 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

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

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

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Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

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

Codestral 25.01 (2)vsLlama 4 Maverick (8)
Codestral 25.01: 2W (20%)Overall: Llama 4 MaverickLlama 4 Maverick: 8W (80%)
← Codestral 25.01Llama 4 Maverick →
🏆Llama 4 Maverick(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Benchmark
Codestral 25.01vsLlama 4 Maverick
Preference Elo
1,320vs1,468+148
Coding Elo
1,402vs1,452+50
SWE-bench
51.8%vs57.1%+5.3%
LiveBench
54%vs62.8%+8.8%
GPQA Diamond
58.4%vs74.6%+16.2%
Codestral 25.01: 0WLlama 4 Maverick: 5W
🏆Codestral 25.01(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Codestral 25.01vsLlama 4 Maverick
Output speed
148 tok/svs130 tok/s+18 tok/s
Time to first token
150 msvs170 ms+20 ms
Codestral 25.01: 2WLlama 4 Maverick: 0W
🏆Llama 4 Maverick(3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Codestral 25.01vsLlama 4 Maverick
Output price
$0.9/1Mvs$0.6/1M+$0.3/1M
Input price
$0.3/1Mvs$0.2/1M+$0.1/1M
Context window
256kvs1M+793k
Codestral 25.01: 0WLlama 4 Maverick: 3W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo+148
Codestral 25.011,320
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Llama 4 Maverick1,468
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Coding Elo+50
Codestral 25.011,402
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Llama 4 Maverick1,452
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
LiveBench+8.8%
Codestral 25.0154%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Llama 4 Maverick62.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
SWE-bench+5.3%
Codestral 25.0151.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Llama 4 Maverick57.1%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPQA Diamond+16.2%
Codestral 25.0158.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Llama 4 Maverick74.6%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Time to first token+20 ms
Codestral 25.01150 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Llama 4 Maverick170 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output speed+18 tok/s
Codestral 25.01148 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Llama 4 Maverick130 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Input price+$0.1/1M
Codestral 25.01$0.3/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Llama 4 Maverick$0.2/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output price+$0.3/1M
Codestral 25.01$0.9/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Llama 4 Maverick$0.6/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Context window+793k
Codestral 25.01256k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Llama 4 Maverick1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
BenchmarkCodestral 25.01Llama 4 MaverickAdvantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,320
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
1,468
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+148
Coding Elo
1,402
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
1,452
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+50
LiveBench
54%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
62.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+8.8%
SWE-bench
51.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
57.1%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+5.3%
GPQA Diamond
58.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
74.6%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+16.2%
Time to first token
150 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
170 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+20 ms
Output speed
148 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
130 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+18 tok/s
Input price
$0.3/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.2/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+$0.1/1M
Output price
$0.9/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.6/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+$0.3/1M
Context window
256k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+793k
Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

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

Save up to 33% with Llama 4 Maverick
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
Codestral 25.01$24.00 / mo
In: $10.5Out: $13.5
Llama 4 Maverick$16.00 / mo
In: $7Out: $9
Estimated Cost Delta

Llama 4 Maverick is estimated to save $8.00/month ($96/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

  • 1
    Llama 4 Maverick:Pick Llama 4 Maverick when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
  • 2
    Codestral 25.01:Pick Codestral 25.01 when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.
  • 3
    Llama 4 Maverick:Pick Llama 4 Maverick for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsLlama 4 Maverick

Higher SWE-bench (57.1%).

High-volume chatLlama 4 Maverick

Lower output list price ($0.6/1M).

Voice / low-latency UICodestral 25.01

Lower TTFT (150 ms).

Long-document RAGLlama 4 Maverick

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionLlama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsLlama 4 MaverickHigher SWE-bench (57.1%).
High-volume chatLlama 4 MaverickLower output list price ($0.6/1M).
Voice / low-latency UICodestral 25.01Lower TTFT (150 ms).
Long-document RAGLlama 4 MaverickLarger window (1M).
Screenshots / visionLlama 4 MaverickLlama 4 Maverick is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

View all news
compareApr 9, 2026

Llama vs Claude: open-weight Meta versus the Anthropic crown

Hub remaps to top Meta vs top Anthropic Elo. Usually Maverick vs Opus 5.

launchApr 8, 2026

Llama 4 Maverick: Meta’s natively multimodal open-weight flagship

Apr 2026. The Llama vs Claude hub uses the top Meta Elo row — usually Maverick.

launchJan 14, 2025

Codestral 25.01: Mistral’s code-specialist row

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

launchDec 6, 2024

Llama 3.3 70B stays as the previous Meta 70B workhorse

Dec 2024 instruct 70B. Still a self-host baseline. Llama 4 is the 2026 buy.

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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
Meta

Llama 4 Maverick

Elo 1,468
SWE-bench57.1%
Speed (tok/s)130 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$0.2/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0.6/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Codestral 25.01 or Llama 4 Maverick?
Llama 4 Maverick has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,468). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Codestral 25.01 or Llama 4 Maverick?
Llama 4 Maverick leads SWE-bench at 57.1% vs 51.8%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Llama 4 Maverick output tokens are $0.6/1M versus $0.9/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Codestral 25.01 or Llama 4 Maverick?
Codestral 25.01 has the lower time-to-first-token (150 ms vs 170 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?
Llama 4 Maverick accepts 1M tokens versus 256k.
Can I self-host either model?
Llama 4 Maverick is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
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. Codestral 25.01 and Llama 4 Maverick Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Related news

  • compare · Apr 9, 2026

    Llama vs Claude: open-weight Meta versus the Anthropic crown

  • launch · Apr 8, 2026

    Llama 4 Maverick: Meta’s natively multimodal open-weight flagship

  • launch · Jan 14, 2025

    Codestral 25.01: Mistral’s code-specialist row

  • launch · Dec 6, 2024

    Llama 3.3 70B stays as the previous Meta 70B workhorse

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