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Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs Mistral Large

Mistral Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs Mistral Mistral Large — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
Mistral
Mistral Large
Overview
CompanyMistralMistral
Release dateDec 2 2025Feb 26 2024
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMistral Large shipped 645 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Which is better: Ministral 3 8B-25-12 or Mistral Large?

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 and Mistral Large do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Mistral Large shipped 645 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model; Mistral Large 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 8B-25-12 released?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
When was Mistral Large released?
Mistral Large was released by Mistral on Feb 26 2024.
Is Ministral 3 8B-25-12 or Mistral Large open source?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Mistral Large is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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