Codestral 2508 vs Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct costs 4.5x less per output token than Codestral 2508 ($0.201 vs $0.90 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
- 9.6
- Output $/M
- $0.201
Codestral 2508 or Llama 3.2 1B Instruct: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Codestral 2508 for a larger context window (256K against 60K tokens).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Codestral 2508 has results on ALE-Bench, Kagi LLM Benchmark and Design Arena: websites; Llama 3.2 1B Instruct on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), Terminal-Bench Hard (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 Llama 3.2 1B Instruct has a AA Intelligence Index result, 4.8.
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 60K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Codestral 2508 $0.0008, Llama 3.2 1B Instruct $0.0001 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Codestral 2508 not benchmarked, Llama 3.2 1B Instruct 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 Llama 3.2 1B Instruct $0.201 per million output tokens, 4.5x apart.
- Context window
- Codestral 2508 takes 256K tokens, Llama 3.2 1B Instruct 60K.
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 | Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 1.9% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| ALE-Bench | 137.8 | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1070 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1056 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 4.8 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| BALROG | Not measured | 6.6% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | Not measured | 10.8% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 19.6% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 5.5% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 23.9% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1044 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1007 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1087 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 0.0 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 0.6% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1086 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1098 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 20.0% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1055 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1009 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1071 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1000 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | 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 index14 boards measured
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 22.8% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 6.7% | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1055 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1031 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1033 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1117 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 973 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 959 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1014 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 941 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1030 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1050 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1030 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1025 | Only Llama 3.2 1B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 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
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct 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 | Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | Meta Llama |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | August 1, 2025 | September 25, 2024 |
| Context window | 256K | 60K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.027 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.90 | $0.201 |
| 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 Llama 3.2 1B Instruct for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Codestral 2508 for a larger context window (256K against 60K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Codestral 2508 or Llama 3.2 1B Instruct?
Codestral 2508 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Llama 3.2 1B Instruct costs $0.027 and $0.201. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Codestral 2508 or Llama 3.2 1B Instruct?
Codestral 2508, with 256K tokens against 60K.
Has any benchmark tested both Codestral 2508 and Llama 3.2 1B Instruct?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Codestral 2508 has results on ALE-Bench, Kagi LLM Benchmark and Design Arena: websites; Llama 3.2 1B Instruct on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) and LMArena Text: coding. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 21, 2026.