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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Ministral 8B

Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Mistral Ministral 8B — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Mistral
Ministral 8B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateJun 20 2024Oct 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
33.4%
Science
GPQA Diamond
59.4%
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 103 days before Ministral 8B

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

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Ministral 8B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 103 days before Ministral 8B, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

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

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

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 8B released?
Ministral 8B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Ministral 8B open source?
Ministral 8B 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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