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Claude Opus 4.1 vs Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 vs Mistral Ministral 3 8B-25-12 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1
Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateAug 5 2025Dec 2 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
74.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
80.9%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Opus 4.1 shipped 119 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.1 or Ministral 3 8B-25-12?

Claude Opus 4.1 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 Opus 4.1 shipped 119 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 Opus 4.1 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.1 and Ministral 3 8B-25-12 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.1 released?
Claude Opus 4.1 was released by Anthropic on Aug 5 2025.
When was Ministral 3 8B-25-12 released?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
Is Claude Opus 4.1 or Ministral 3 8B-25-12 open source?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Opus 4.1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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