KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 vs Codestral
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 is 42.4% cheaper on blended cost ($0.259 vs $0.450/Mtok)
| Specification |
by Kwaipilot
|
by Mistral
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current coding | Current coding |
| Released | Jul 10, 2026 | May 29, 2024 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.148/Mtok | $0.300/Mtok |
| Output | $0.593/Mtok | $0.900/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.259/Mtok | $0.450/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.030/Mtok | — |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 256K tokens | 256K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | 22B |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: n/a / Mistral model card | ||
| SWE-Bench Verified | — | 38 vendor |
| HumanEval | — | 85 vendor |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Kwaipilot — $0.148/$0.593/Mtok
|
Mistral — $0.300/$0.900/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 | Codestral | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.26 | $0.45 | $0.19 (42.2%) |
| 10M tokens | $2.59 | $4.5 | $1.91 (42.4%) |
| 100M tokens | $25.92 | $45 | $19.07 (42.4%) |
| 1000M tokens | $259.25 | $450 | $190.75 (42.4%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above
Pick KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 if…
- cost dominates: $0.259/Mtok blended vs $0.450 — 42.4% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- your workload re-reads context (agents, RAG, long chats): cached input costs $0.030/Mtok — 80% off its list input price, a discount Codestral doesn't offer
Pick Codestral if…
- this pairing gives Codestral no edge on price, context, cache discount, or measured performance — pick it only for qualitative fit (ecosystem, compliance, model behavior on your prompts)
Summary
KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 by Kwaipilot costs $0.148/Mtok input and $0.593/Mtok output, with a 256K-token context window. It supports text input.
Codestral by Mistral costs $0.300/Mtok input and $0.900/Mtok output, with a 256K-token context window. It supports text input.
On a blended cost basis, KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 is 42.4% cheaper than Codestral.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.
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