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Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs Grok 4.20 Beta

Mistral Ministral 3 8B-25-12 vs xAI Grok 4.20 Beta — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Ministral 3 8B-25-12
xAI
Grok 4.20 Beta
Overview
CompanyMistralxAI
Release dateDec 2 2025Feb 17 2026
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 3 8B-25-12 shipped 77 days before Grok 4.20 Beta

Which is better: Ministral 3 8B-25-12 or Grok 4.20 Beta?

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 and Grok 4.20 Beta do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Ministral 3 8B-25-12 shipped 77 days before Grok 4.20 Beta, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model; Grok 4.20 Beta 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 Grok 4.20 Beta released?
Grok 4.20 Beta was released by xAI on Feb 17 2026.
Is Ministral 3 8B-25-12 or Grok 4.20 Beta open source?
Ministral 3 8B-25-12 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Grok 4.20 Beta is a proprietary model released by xAI.

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