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Ministral 3B vs Mistral Medium

Mistral Ministral 3B vs Mistral Mistral Medium — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Ministral 3B
Mistral
Mistral Medium
Overview
CompanyMistralMistral
Release dateOct 2024Dec 2023
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMistral Medium shipped 305 days before Ministral 3B

Which is better: Ministral 3B or Mistral Medium?

Ministral 3B and Mistral Medium do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Mistral Medium shipped 305 days before Ministral 3B, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model; Mistral Medium 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 3B released?
Ministral 3B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.
When was Mistral Medium released?
Mistral Medium was released by Mistral on Dec 2023.
Is Ministral 3B or Mistral Medium open source?
Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Mistral Medium is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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