Codestral 25.08 vs ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B vs Grok Code Fast 1
Too close to call on our weighted score (Grok Code Fast 1 48, Codestral 25.08 47, ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B 43). The right pick depends on what you value most.
Mistral AICodestral 25.08
47/100- ECI—
- Price$0.30 / $0.90
- Context128K
BaiduERNIE 4.5 300B A47B
43/100- ECI—
- Price$0.28 / $1.10
- Context131K
xAIGrok Code Fast 1
48/100- ECI—
- Price$0.20 / $1.50
- Context256K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Grok Code Fast 1 48/100, Codestral 25.08 47/100, ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B 43/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Codestral 25.08 on price and Grok Code Fast 1 for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceCodestral 25.08Codestral 25.08 $0.45 · ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B $0.485 · Grok Code Fast 1 $0.525 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGrok Code Fast 1Grok Code Fast 1 256,000 · ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B 131,072 · Codestral 25.08 128,000 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsCodestral 25.08: Text · ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B: Text · Grok Code Fast 1: Text
- Self-hostingERNIE 4.5 300B A47BPublishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Codestral 25.08 | ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B | Grok Code Fast 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 64 | 62 | 60 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 35 | 25 | 35 |
| Context window | 20% | 24 | 25 | 36 |
| Overall | 100% | 47/100 | 43/100 | 48/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Codestral 25.08Mistral AI | ERNIE 4.5 300B A47BBaidu | Grok Code Fast 1xAI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.30 | $0.28 | $0.20 (best) |
| Output | $0.90 (best) | $1.10 | $1.50 |
| Cached input | $0.03 | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.45 (best) | $0.485 | $0.525 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Mistral API | Median of 1 providers | Median of 5 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens | 256,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens | 12,000 tokens (best) | 10,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | No | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | OpenApache-2.0 | Proprietary |
| API model ID | codestral-2508 | — | — |
| API providers | 11 (best) | 1 | 7 |
| Released | Jul 30, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Codestral 25.08$4.80
- ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B$5.00
- Grok Code Fast 1$5.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Codestral 25.08, ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B or Grok Code Fast 1?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Grok Code Fast 1 48/100, Codestral 25.08 47/100, ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B 43/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Codestral 25.08 on price and Grok Code Fast 1 for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Codestral 25.08, ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B or Grok Code Fast 1?
Codestral 25.08 is cheaper at $0.30 input / $0.90 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B costs $0.28 input / $1.10 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider); Grok Code Fast 1 costs $0.20 input / $1.50 output per million tokens (median across 5 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.45 per million tokens for Codestral 25.08 versus $0.485 for ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B (1.1× as much) and $0.525 for Grok Code Fast 1 (1.2× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Codestral 25.08 has not been scored yet, ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B has not been scored yet and Grok Code Fast 1 has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Codestral 25.08, ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B and Grok Code Fast 1 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok Code Fast 1 has the largest context window at 256,000 tokens, against 131,072 for ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B and 128,000 for Codestral 25.08. Maximum output per response: Codestral 25.08 up to 8,192, ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B up to 12,000, Grok Code Fast 1 up to 10,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Codestral 25.08 accepts text; ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B accepts text; Grok Code Fast 1 accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.
Are any of these open source?
ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B publishes its weights (Apache-2.0) and can be self-hosted; Codestral 25.08 and Grok Code Fast 1 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Grok Code Fast 1 is the newest, released Sep 2, 2025. Codestral 25.08 came out Jul 30, 2025; ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B came out Jun 30, 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
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