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Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) vs Ministral 8B

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded)
Mistral
Ministral 8B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateOct 22 2024Oct 2024
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
49%
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 8B shipped 21 days before Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded)

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) or Ministral 8B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) and Ministral 8B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Ministral 8B shipped 21 days before Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) is proprietary, while Ministral 8B is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) and Ministral 8B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.

Ministral 8B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Ministral 8B is an open weight model released by Mistral.

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