AI Model Release Tracker - Timeline of Major AI Models from 2022-2026

Home/Compare/Ministral 3 3B-25-12 vs Grok Code Fast 1

Ministral 3 3B-25-12 vs Grok Code Fast 1

Mistral Ministral 3 3B-25-12 vs xAI Grok Code Fast 1 — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Ministral 3 3B-25-12
xAI
Grok Code Fast 1
Overview
CompanyMistralxAI
Release dateDec 2 2025Aug 28 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGrok Code Fast 1 shipped 96 days before Ministral 3 3B-25-12

Which is better: Ministral 3 3B-25-12 or Grok Code Fast 1?

Ministral 3 3B-25-12 and Grok Code Fast 1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Grok Code Fast 1 shipped 96 days before Ministral 3 3B-25-12, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3 3B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model; Grok Code Fast 1 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 Ministral 3 3B-25-12 released?
Ministral 3 3B-25-12 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
When was Grok Code Fast 1 released?
Grok Code Fast 1 was released by xAI on Aug 28 2025.
Is Ministral 3 3B-25-12 or Grok Code Fast 1 open source?
Ministral 3 3B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Grok Code Fast 1 is a proprietary model released by xAI.

Other comparisons