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

Home/Compare/Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs Mixtral 8×22B

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs Mixtral 8×22B

Mistral Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs Mistral Mixtral 8×22B — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
Mistral
Mixtral 8×22B
Overview
CompanyMistralMistral
Release dateDec 2 2025Apr 10 2024
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMixtral 8×22B shipped 601 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Which is better: Ministral 3 8B-25-12 or Mixtral 8×22B?

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 and Mixtral 8×22B do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Mixtral 8×22B shipped 601 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 Ministral 3 8B-25-12 released?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.
When was Mixtral 8×22B released?
Mixtral 8×22B was released by Mistral on Apr 10 2024.

Other comparisons