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Codestral 2508 vs GLM 4.6V

Codestral 2508 at $0.345 in and $1.03 out and GLM 4.6V at $0.345 in and $1.03 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

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Codestral 2508

Mistral AI

0.26¢

for a client proposal

$0.345 in · $1.03 out / 1M

256K context · released August 2025

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GLM 4.6V

Z.ai

0.26¢

for a client proposal

$0.345 in · $1.03 out / 1M

131K context · released December 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.51¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

  • All 2 cost the same on input.
  • Largest context: Codestral 2508 at 256K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out
Codestral 2508
0.12¢
GLM 4.6V
0.12¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out
Codestral 2508
0.26¢
GLM 4.6V
0.26¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out
Codestral 2508
$0.06
GLM 4.6V
needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out
Codestral 2508
1.3¢
GLM 4.6V
1.3¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out
Codestral 2508
$0.09
GLM 4.6V
needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output
free$0.24$0.480 tokens250k500k750k1000k
Codestral 2508
GLM 4.6V

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Codestral 2508
GLM 4.6V
Input / 1M tokens
$0.345
$0.345
Output / 1M tokens
$1.03
$1.03
Cached input / 1M
$0.035
$0.063

Specs

Codestral 2508
GLM 4.6V
Provider
Mistral AI
Z.ai
Released
August 2025
December 2025
Context window
256K
131K
Max output
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33K
Input
Text and Files
Images, Text, and Video
Output
Text
Text
Reasoning
Answers directly
Shows its thinking
Knowledge cutoff
2025-03-31
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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Codestral 2508

Mistral AI

0.12¢

for this task

57% input · 43% output

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GLM 4.6V

Z.ai

0.12¢

for this task

57% input · 43% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.24¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,070 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Codestral 2508 has the largest context window here — 256K tokens.

On price they are identical: about 0.26¢ for a typical task each.

If you want to watch the model think, GLM 4.6V shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

Codestral 2508 pricing →GLM 4.6V pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip PreviewAdd Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Codestral 2508 or GLM 4.6V?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out) they cost the same — about 0.26¢ each. Compare them on context and capabilities instead.

Which has the largest context window?

Codestral 2508 — 256K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Codestral 2508 and GLM 4.6V side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.51¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.51¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.

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