Codestral 2508 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
Updated October 21, 2026. 7 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Codestral 2508 has the edge where what matters is ALE-Bench or Design Arena: websites, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 7
- Codestral 2508 only
- 0
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 only
- 41
- Like-for-like categories
- 2 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 24.4.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 has a AA Agentic Index result, 26.3.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 leads, 1208 against 1013.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 takes 1.05M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
Codestral 2508 $0.0008, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Codestral 2508 not benchmarked, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Web design, 21.9 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: game dev: Codestral 2508 968 against DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 1197, 28.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Codestral 2508 $0.90 against DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 $0.28 per million output tokens, 3.2x apart.
- Context window
- Codestral 2508 takes 256K tokens, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Codestral 2508 | Bars | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 7 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index01
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1582 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 52.0 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 45.6% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 137.8 | 678.2 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1457 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1453 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1585 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1558 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 24.4 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 146.1 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 26.3 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 46.3% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1444 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1441 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1449 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1426 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1432 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1446 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1448 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1439 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1425 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1013 | 1208 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1017 | 1165 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 968 | 1197 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1017 | 1127 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1020 | 1189 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1007 | 1205 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1155 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1109 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index19 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTBench | Not measured | 86.4% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 35.9% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1432 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1421 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1403 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1441 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1419 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1463 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1419 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1389 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1383 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1439 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1436 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1427 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1436 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1449 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1434 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1410 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1400 | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Mistral Codestral 2508 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | DeepSeek |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | August 1, 2025 | April 24, 2026 |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.90 | $0.28 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Codestral 2508 better than DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Codestral 2508 has the edge where what matters is ALE-Bench or Design Arena: websites, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Codestral 2508 or DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423?
Codestral 2508 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs $0.14 and $0.28. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Codestral 2508 or DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423?
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Codestral 2508 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 comparison based on?
7 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Codestral 2508's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.