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Ministral 3B vs Grok 4.1

Mistral Ministral 3B vs xAI Grok 4.1 — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Ministral 3B
xAI
Grok 4.1
Overview
CompanyMistralxAI
Release dateOct 2024Nov 17 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 3B shipped 412 days before Grok 4.1

Which is better: Ministral 3B or Grok 4.1?

Ministral 3B and Grok 4.1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Ministral 3B shipped 412 days before Grok 4.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model; Grok 4.1 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 Grok 4.1 released?
Grok 4.1 was released by xAI on Nov 17 2025.
Is Ministral 3B or Grok 4.1 open source?
Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Grok 4.1 is a proprietary model released by xAI.

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