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Ministral 3B vs GPT-5-Codex

Mistral
Ministral 3B
OpenAI
GPT-5-Codex
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateOct 2024Sep 15 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
39%
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 3B shipped 349 days before GPT-5-Codex

Which is better: Ministral 3B or GPT-5-Codex?

Ministral 3B and GPT-5-Codex don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Ministral 3B shipped 349 days before GPT-5-Codex, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3B is open weight, while GPT-5-Codex is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Ministral 3B and GPT-5-Codex don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Ministral 3B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.

GPT-5-Codex was released by OpenAI on Sep 15 2025.

Ministral 3B is an open weight model released by Mistral. GPT-5-Codex is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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