# Codestral Embed

> Codestral Embed is a proprietary language model from Mistral AI, released on 28 May 2025. It accepts text and generates text, with a 8K-token context window and up to 3K output tokens per response.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/codestral-embed
Last verified: 21 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Mistral AI
- **Release date:** 28 May 2025 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/mistral/codestral-embed.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/mistral/codestral-embed.toml)
- **Weights:** Proprietary (API only) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/mistral/codestral-embed.toml)
- **Context window:** 8K (8,192 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/mistral/codestral-embed.toml)
- **Max output:** 3K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/mistral/codestral-embed.toml)
- **Input:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/mistral/codestral-embed.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/mistral/codestral-embed.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/mistral/codestral-embed.toml)
- **Tool calling:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/mistral/codestral-embed.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | – | – | – | 8K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Codestral Embed?

Codestral Embed has a context window of 8,192 tokens (8K) and can generate up to 3,072 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### Is Codestral Embed open source?

No. Codestral Embed is a proprietary model; Mistral AI has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including Vercel AI Gateway.

### When was Codestral Embed released?

Mistral AI released Codestral Embed on 28 May 2025, according to models.dev.

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