Codestral Instruct on MMMU: score, rank and what it means
Codestral Instruct scores 70.0 on MMMU, placing it #302 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 67.1 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 86.9.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on MMMU, with Codestral Instruct highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 2 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 4 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 5 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 6 | Grok 4 Pro | xAI | 1000000 | $19.00 | 85.4 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 8 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 1000000 | $18.73 | 86.7 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 10 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
What this score means
On MMMU, Codestral Instruct sits at #302 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 86.9, so the gap to the top is 16.9 points. The median model in this index scores 70.0, which puts Codestral Instruct below the midpoint.
Mistral AI models average 64.8 on this benchmark. Codestral Instruct is 5.2 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Mistral AI model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 74.3. Codestral Instruct is 4.3 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 70.0 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $4.01 per million input tokens, Codestral Instruct is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on MMMU. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 Cerebras | Cerebras | 128000 | $4.01 | 76.0 |
| MiniMax-Text Base | MiniMax | 128000 | $3.66 | 74.9 |
| Sonar | Perplexity | 200000 | $10.57 | 76.0 |
| Auto Turbo | OpenRouter | 65536 | $7.96 | 70.9 |
| Codestral Instruct | Mistral AI | 65536 | $4.01 | 75.1 |
| Llama 3 Lambda Instruct | Lambda | 32768 | $3.92 | 75.8 |
| QwQ Base | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $3.68 | 74.1 |
Other benchmarks for Codestral Instruct
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 78.4 | 228 | 62th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 69.2 | 287 | 52th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 64.3 | 225 | 63th | |
| HumanEval | 82.5 | 171 | 72th | |
| MATH-500 | 78.1 | 256 | 57th | |
| AIME 2025 | 68.0 | 295 | 51th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 66.1 | 272 | 55th | |
| IFEval | 84.2 | 209 | 65th | |
| TruthfulQA | 78.2 | 248 | 59th | |
| HellaSwag | 87.3 | 161 | 73th | |
| Arena Elo | 1394.4 | 231 | 62th |
FAQ
What score does Codestral Instruct get on MMMU?
Codestral Instruct scores 70.0 on MMMU in this index. The benchmark average is 67.1 and the top score is 86.9.
How does Codestral Instruct rank on MMMU?
It ranks #302 of 600 models, in the 50th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 86.9.
Is Codestral Instruct good at MMMU?
It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the MMMU score calculated?
MMMU is a multimodal benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does Codestral Instruct cost?
Codestral Instruct costs $4.01 per million input tokens and $16.29 per million output tokens.