GPT-5.4 Codex vs Codestral: SOTA Coding vs Cheapest Coder

GPT-5.4 CodexCodestral
arenaElo14081254
humanEval95.589.7
sweBench7035
mmlu88.673.2
gpqa60.841
aime8630
Price in/out ($/M)$9 / $36$0.3 / $0.9

Our verdict

GPT-5.4 Codex tops the HumanEval chart but at 30× Codestral's price. Codestral remains the right pick for IDE autocomplete and high-volume inline use. 5.4 Codex shines on autonomous PR generation where a single success pays for the call.

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