Codestral 25.01 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 104 days before Codestral 25.01, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Codestral 25.01 is proprietary, while Ministral 8B is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Codestral 25.01 and Ministral 8B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.