Codestral vs KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
Codestral is 65.3% cheaper on blended cost ($0.450 vs $1.30/Mtok)
| Specification |
by Mistral
|
by Kwaipilot
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current coding | Current coding |
| Released | May 29, 2024 | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.300/Mtok | $0.741/Mtok |
| Output | $0.900/Mtok | $2.96/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.450/Mtok | $1.30/Mtok |
| Cached input | — | $0.148/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 256K tokens | 256K tokens |
| Parameters | 22B | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: Mistral model card / n/a | ||
| SWE-Bench Verified | 38 vendor | — |
| HumanEval | 85 vendor | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Mistral — $0.300/$0.900/Mtok
|
Kwaipilot — $0.741/$2.96/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Codestral | KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5 | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.45 | $1.3 | $0.85 (65.5%) |
| 10M tokens | $4.5 | $12.97 | $8.47 (65.3%) |
| 100M tokens | $45 | $129.67 | $84.67 (65.3%) |
| 1000M tokens | $450 | $1296.75 | $846.75 (65.3%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above
Pick Codestral if…
- cost dominates: $0.450/Mtok blended vs $1.30 — 65.3% less on the same 50/50 token mix
Pick KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5 if…
- your workload re-reads context (agents, RAG, long chats): cached input costs $0.148/Mtok — 80% off its list input price, a discount Codestral doesn't offer
Try Codestral on Mistral
The cheaper option here — Codestral costs $0.450/Mtok blended on Mistral.
Summary
Codestral by Mistral costs $0.300/Mtok input and $0.900/Mtok output, with a 256K-token context window. It supports text input.
KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5 by Kwaipilot costs $0.741/Mtok input and $2.96/Mtok output, with a 256K-token context window. It supports text input.
On a blended cost basis, Codestral is 65.3% cheaper than KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5.
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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