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

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

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateNov 24 2025Dec 2 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Opus 4.5 shipped 8 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12

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

Claude Opus 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 Opus 4.5 shipped 8 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 4.5 is proprietary.

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

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.5 released?
Claude Opus 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Nov 24 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 4.5 or Ministral 3 8B-25-12 open source?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Opus 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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