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Claude Sonnet 4 vs Ministral 8B

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 vs Mistral Ministral 8B — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Mistral
Ministral 8B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateMay 22 2025Oct 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.7%
Science
GPQA Diamond
75.4%
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 8B shipped 233 days before Claude Sonnet 4

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4 or Ministral 8B?

Claude Sonnet 4 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 233 days before Claude Sonnet 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 8B is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Sonnet 4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Sonnet 4 and Ministral 8B 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 8B released?
Ministral 8B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.
Is Claude Sonnet 4 or Ministral 8B open source?
Ministral 8B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Sonnet 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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