Ministral 8B and GPT-5 mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Ministral 8B shipped 310 days before GPT-5 mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 8B is open weight, while GPT-5 mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Ministral 8B and GPT-5 mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.