Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)
This page compares Codestral 25.01 (Mistral) and Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) (Google) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Codestral 25.01 wins on output price at $0.9/1M. Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) has the larger context window (1M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.
Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (google/gemini-3.6-flash:batch). Preview until a second source matches.
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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.
Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy
Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness
Cost per million tokens and max context window length
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No shared data
No shared data
$0.97/1M cheaper
Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.
Codestral 25.01 is estimated to save $17.25/month ($207/year).
Need SWE-bench on both sides.
Lower output list price ($0.9/1M).
Need TTFT on both sides.
Larger window (1M).
Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.
| Target Workload | Recommended Pick | Evaluation Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Repo / coding agents | insufficient data | Need SWE-bench on both sides. |
| High-volume chat | Codestral 25.01 | Lower output list price ($0.9/1M). |
| Voice / low-latency UI | insufficient data | Need TTFT on both sides. |
| Long-document RAG | Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) | Larger window (1M). |
| Screenshots / vision | Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) | Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog. |
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