Mistral: Codestral 2501

Mistral's Codestral 2501, a cutting-edge language model for coding, demonstrates competitive response times, performing among the faster models with a 56th percentile speed ranking. It also offers cost-effective solutions, ranking in the 62nd percentile for price. A standout feature is its exceptional reliability, achieving a 95th percentile, indicating very few technical issues and consistent usable responses. In terms of performance across benchmarks, Codestral 2501 shows strong capabilities in its specialized domain, achieving 82.0% accuracy in Coding (Baseline). It also excels in Instruction Following (64.0% accuracy) and General Knowledge (94.0% accuracy), with particularly fast response times in Instruction Following and Email Classification. While its Email Classification accuracy is 94.0%, its percentile ranking suggests this is a less competitive area. Key strengths include its robust coding performance, high reliability, and efficient instruction following. Notable weaknesses appear in Reasoning (52.0% accuracy) and Ethics (65.0% accuracy), where its accuracy percentiles are lower, suggesting these are areas for potential improvement. Overall, Codestral 2501 is a reliable and cost-efficient model, particularly strong for coding and instruction-based tasks.