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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Ministral 8B

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

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Mistral
Ministral 8B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateOct 15 2025Oct 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
73%
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 8B shipped 379 days before Claude Haiku 4.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Ministral 8B?

Claude Haiku 4.5 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 379 days before Claude Haiku 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 8B is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Haiku 4.5 and Ministral 8B 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 8B released?
Ministral 8B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Ministral 8B open source?
Ministral 8B 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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