Codestral 2508 vs GPT-4 Turbo
Codestral 2508 costs 33.3x less per output token than GPT-4 Turbo ($0.90 vs $30.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.90
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $30.00
Codestral 2508 or GPT-4 Turbo: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Codestral 2508 for output tokens 33.3x cheaper ($0.90 vs $30.00 per million) and a larger context window (256K against 128K tokens).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Codestral 2508 has results on ALE-Bench, Kagi LLM Benchmark and Design Arena: websites; GPT-4 Turbo on AA Coding Index, LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) and LMArena Text: coding. Compare them on price and context instead.
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 GPT-4 Turbo has a AA Intelligence Index result, 7.0.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Codestral 2508 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1013.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Codestral 2508
Codestral 2508 takes 256K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Codestral 2508
Codestral 2508 $0.0008, GPT-4 Turbo $0.025 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Codestral 2508 not benchmarked, GPT-4 Turbo not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Codestral 2508 $0.90 against GPT-4 Turbo $30.00 per million output tokens, 33.3x apart.
- Context window
- Codestral 2508 takes 256K tokens, GPT-4 Turbo 128K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | GPT-4 Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 21.5 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 29.1% | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| ALE-Bench | 137.8 | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1268 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1267 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | GPT-4 Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 7.0 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 127.3 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | GPT-4 Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 3.1% | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1251 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1223 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1266 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | GPT-4 Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1272 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1268 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | GPT-4 Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.5% | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.0% | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 69.4% | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| MMLU | Not measured | 81.3% | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1256 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1239 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1265 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1222 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | GPT-4 Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1013 | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1017 | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 968 | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1017 | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1020 | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1007 | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | GPT-4 Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTBench | Not measured | 61.6% | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 9.8% | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1272 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1249 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1268 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1090 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1291 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1245 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1242 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1259 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1194 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1187 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1276 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1260 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1259 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1302 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1267 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1254 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1279 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1258 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1097 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1045 | Only GPT-4 Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 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
Codestral 2508 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Codestral 2508 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Codestral 2508 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 | OpenAI GPT-4 Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | OpenAI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 1, 2025 | April 9, 2024 |
| Context window | 256K | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $10.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.90 | $30.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Codestral 2508 better than GPT-4 Turbo for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Codestral 2508 for output tokens 33.3x cheaper ($0.90 vs $30.00 per million) and a larger context window (256K against 128K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Codestral 2508 or GPT-4 Turbo?
Codestral 2508 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; GPT-4 Turbo costs $10.00 and $30.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Codestral 2508 or GPT-4 Turbo?
Codestral 2508, with 256K tokens against 128K.
Has any benchmark tested both Codestral 2508 and GPT-4 Turbo?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Codestral 2508 has results on ALE-Bench, Kagi LLM Benchmark and Design Arena: websites; GPT-4 Turbo on AA Coding Index, LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) and LMArena Text: coding. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 21, 2026.