Is Codestral 2508 or Seed-2.0-Lite cheaper?

Codestral 2508 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.24 vs $2.75 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Codestral 2508 or Seed-2.0-Lite?

Seed-2.0-Lite has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Codestral 2508 vs Seed-2.0-Lite

Codestral 2508 is cheaper on output tokens, while Seed-2.0-Lite offers a larger context window. Choose Codestral 2508 or Seed-2.0-Lite based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Codestral 2508	Seed-2.0-Lite
Provider	AI/ML API	AI/ML API
Input / 1M tokens	$0.41	$0.34
Output / 1M tokens	$1.24	$2.75
Context window	256K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Jul 2025	Feb 2026

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