Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Llama 4 Maverick supports multimodal inputs. Llama 4 Maverick is available on 7 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Mistral AI
Codestral 22B was developed as a specialized coding model from Mistral AI, designed to excel at code generation, completion, and understanding tasks. Built with 22 billion parameters optimized for programming, it serves developers requiring advanced assistance with software development across multiple programming languages.
Meta
Llama 4 Maverick was developed as a variant in Meta's fourth-generation language model family, designed to explore specialized capabilities and training approaches. Built to push the boundaries of open-source model development, it represents experimentation with advanced techniques in the Llama lineage.
10 months newer

Codestral-22B
Mistral AI
2024-05-29

Llama 4 Maverick
Meta
2025-04-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Codestral-22B

Llama 4 Maverick
Available providers and their performance metrics

Codestral-22B

Llama 4 Maverick
DeepInfra

Codestral-22B

Llama 4 Maverick

Codestral-22B

Llama 4 Maverick
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