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Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs o1

Mistral Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs OpenAI o1 — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
OpenAI
o1
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateDec 2 2025Dec 5 2024
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
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Timeline
Release gapo1 shipped 362 days before Ministral 3 8B-25-12

Which is better: Ministral 3 8B-25-12 or o1?

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 and o1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o1 shipped 362 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; o1 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Ministral 3 8B-25-12 and o1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

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 o1 released?
o1 was released by OpenAI on Dec 5 2024.
Is Ministral 3 8B-25-12 or o1 open source?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. o1 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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