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Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs gpt-oss-120b

Mistral Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs OpenAI gpt-oss-120b — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
OpenAI
gpt-oss-120b
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateDec 2 2025Aug 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapgpt-oss-120b shipped 119 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Which is better: Ministral 3 8B-25-12 or gpt-oss-120b?

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 and gpt-oss-120b do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. gpt-oss-120b shipped 119 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 gpt-oss-120b released?
gpt-oss-120b was released by OpenAI on Aug 5 2025.

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