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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Ministral 3 8B-25-12

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateJun 20 2024Dec 2 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
59.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
33.4%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 530 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Ministral 3 8B-25-12?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads Ministral 3 8B-25-12 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 530 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 3.5 Sonnet is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3.5 Sonnet released?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Jun 20 2024.
When was Ministral 3 8B-25-12 released?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Ministral 3 8B-25-12 open source?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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