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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mistral Ministral 3 8B-25-12 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateOct 15 2025Dec 2 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
73%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Haiku 4.5 shipped 48 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Ministral 3 8B-25-12?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Ministral 3 8B-25-12 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Haiku 4.5 shipped 48 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 Haiku 4.5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Haiku 4.5 and Ministral 3 8B-25-12 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Haiku 4.5 released?
Claude Haiku 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Oct 15 2025.
When was Ministral 3 8B-25-12 released?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Ministral 3 8B-25-12 open source?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Haiku 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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