Codestral 2508 vs Muse Wonder
Codestral 2508 costs 22.2x less per output token than Muse Wonder ($0.90 vs $20.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 6 benchmarks have a result for both.
Codestral 2508 or Muse Wonder: which to pick
Only Muse Wonder has a coding score, 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index; Codestral 2508 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Codestral 2508 for output tokens 22.2x cheaper ($0.90 vs $20.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 6
- Codestral 2508 only
- 2
- Muse Wonder only
- 54
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
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
Only Muse Wonder has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder leads, 1362 against 1012.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Muse Wonder has a Vals Index result, 64.9%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder takes 1.05M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Codestral 2508
Codestral 2508 $0.0008, Muse Wonder $0.014 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Codestral 2508 not benchmarked, Muse Wonder 71.9 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Web design, 45.8 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: game dev: Codestral 2508 967 against Muse Wonder 1376, 51.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Codestral 2508 $0.90 against Muse Wonder $20.00 per million output tokens, 22.2x apart.
- Context window
- Codestral 2508 takes 256K tokens, Muse Wonder 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 | Muse Wonder | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 6 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index14 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1652 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.1% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.9% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.6% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 26.6% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.4% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 60.3% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| ALE-Bench | 137.8 | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1522 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1515 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1641 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1694 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 161.8 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1243 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.6% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.3% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 23.8% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.1% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.0% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 22.9% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 39.1% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 7.2% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $9,432 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 50.1% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1506 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1513 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1506 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | Not measured | Only Codestral 2508 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | Not measured | 84.0% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1486 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1514 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1506 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1512 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1505 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1483 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1012 | 1362 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1014 | 1379 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: game dev | 967 | 1376 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1017 | 1317 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1019 | 1427 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1007 | 1371 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index17 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 64.9% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.2% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 80.7% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 95.2% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 56.8% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1502 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1491 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1491 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1507 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1492 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1537 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1523 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1522 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1510 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1493 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1496 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1482 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Codestral 2508 | Muse Wonder | 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
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 | Meta Muse Wonder |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | Meta |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 1, 2025 | October 12, 2026 |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $4.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.90 | $20.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 71.9 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Codestral 2508 better than Muse Wonder for coding?
Only Muse Wonder has a coding score, 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index; Codestral 2508 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Codestral 2508 for output tokens 22.2x cheaper ($0.90 vs $20.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Codestral 2508 or Muse Wonder?
Codestral 2508 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Muse Wonder costs $4.00 and $20.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Codestral 2508 or Muse Wonder?
Muse Wonder, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Codestral 2508 vs Muse Wonder comparison based on?
6 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Codestral 2508's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Muse Wonder's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.