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Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs GPT-5

Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
OpenAI
GPT-5
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateDec 2 2025Aug 7 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
21%
Community preference (code)
Arena Elo (Code)
1394
Timeline
Release gapGPT-5 shipped 117 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Which is better: Ministral 3 8B-25-12 or GPT-5?

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 and GPT-5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-5 shipped 117 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is open weight, while GPT-5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Ministral 3 8B-25-12 and GPT-5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.

GPT-5 was released by OpenAI on Aug 7 2025.

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open weight model released by Mistral. GPT-5 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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