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Ministral 3B vs gpt-oss-120b

Mistral
Ministral 3B
OpenAI
gpt-oss-120b
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateOct 2024Aug 5 2025
AccessOpen WeightOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
11%
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 3B shipped 308 days before gpt-oss-120b

Which is better: Ministral 3B or gpt-oss-120b?

Ministral 3B and gpt-oss-120b don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Ministral 3B shipped 308 days before gpt-oss-120b, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Ministral 3B and gpt-oss-120b don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Ministral 3B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.

gpt-oss-120b was released by OpenAI on Aug 5 2025.

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