Gemini 1.0 Ultra and Ministral 8B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Gemini 1.0 Ultra shipped 236 days before Ministral 8B, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Gemini 1.0 Ultra is proprietary, while Ministral 8B is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Gemini 1.0 Ultra and Ministral 8B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.