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LLaMA 3.1 vs Ministral 8B

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

Meta
LLaMA 3.1
Mistral
Ministral 8B
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateJul 23 2024Oct 2024
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 70 days before Ministral 8B

Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or Ministral 8B?

LLaMA 3.1 and Ministral 8B do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 3.1 shipped 70 days before Ministral 8B, 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 8B released?
Ministral 8B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.

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