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LLaMA 3.1 vs Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Meta LLaMA 3.1 vs Mistral Ministral 3 8B-25-12 — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 3.1
Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateJul 23 2024Dec 2 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 3.1 shipped 497 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or Ministral 3 8B-25-12?

LLaMA 3.1 and Ministral 3 8B-25-12 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 3.1 shipped 497 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

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 LLaMA 3.1 released?
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
When was Ministral 3 8B-25-12 released?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.

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