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Gemini 1.0 Ultra vs Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Google Gemini 1.0 Ultra vs Mistral Ministral 3 8B-25-12 — side-by-side specs.

Google
Gemini 1.0 Ultra
Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
Overview
CompanyGoogleMistral
Release dateFeb 8 2024Dec 2 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGemini 1.0 Ultra shipped 663 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Which is better: Gemini 1.0 Ultra or Ministral 3 8B-25-12?

Gemini 1.0 Ultra and Ministral 3 8B-25-12 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Gemini 1.0 Ultra shipped 663 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; Gemini 1.0 Ultra is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Gemini 1.0 Ultra released?
Gemini 1.0 Ultra was released by Google on Feb 8 2024.
When was Ministral 3 8B-25-12 released?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
Is Gemini 1.0 Ultra or Ministral 3 8B-25-12 open source?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Gemini 1.0 Ultra is a proprietary model released by Google.

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