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Claude Opus 4 vs Ministral 3B

Anthropic Claude Opus 4 vs Mistral Ministral 3B — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Mistral
Ministral 3B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateMay 22 2025Oct 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
79.6%
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 3B shipped 233 days before Claude Opus 4

Which is better: Claude Opus 4 or Ministral 3B?

Claude Opus 4 and Ministral 3B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Ministral 3B shipped 233 days before Claude Opus 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4 and Ministral 3B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4 released?
Claude Opus 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
When was Ministral 3B released?
Ministral 3B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.
Is Claude Opus 4 or Ministral 3B open source?
Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Opus 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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