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Ministral 3B vs Kimi K1.5

Mistral Ministral 3B vs Moonshot AI Kimi K1.5 — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Ministral 3B
Moonshot AI
Kimi K1.5
Overview
CompanyMistralMoonshot AI
Release dateOct 2024Jan 20 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 3B shipped 111 days before Kimi K1.5

Which is better: Ministral 3B or Kimi K1.5?

Ministral 3B and Kimi K1.5 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Ministral 3B shipped 111 days before Kimi K1.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model; Kimi K1.5 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 Kimi K1.5 released?
Kimi K1.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 20 2025.
Is Ministral 3B or Kimi K1.5 open source?
Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Kimi K1.5 is a proprietary model released by Moonshot AI.

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