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Claude Sonnet 4 vs Ministral 3 3B-25-12

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 vs Mistral Ministral 3 3B-25-12 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Mistral
Ministral 3 3B-25-12
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateMay 22 2025Dec 2 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.7%
Science
GPQA Diamond
75.4%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Sonnet 4 shipped 194 days before Ministral 3 3B-25-12

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4 or Ministral 3 3B-25-12?

Claude Sonnet 4 and Ministral 3 3B-25-12 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Sonnet 4 shipped 194 days before Ministral 3 3B-25-12, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3 3B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Sonnet 4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Sonnet 4 and Ministral 3 3B-25-12 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4 released?
Claude Sonnet 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
When was Ministral 3 3B-25-12 released?
Ministral 3 3B-25-12 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
Is Claude Sonnet 4 or Ministral 3 3B-25-12 open source?
Ministral 3 3B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Sonnet 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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