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Ministral 8B vs o1-mini

Mistral
Ministral 8B
OpenAI
o1-mini
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateOct 2024Sep 12 2024
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Timeline
Release gapo1-mini shipped 19 days before Ministral 8B

Which is better: Ministral 8B or o1-mini?

Ministral 8B and o1-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o1-mini shipped 19 days before Ministral 8B, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 8B is open weight, while o1-mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Ministral 8B and o1-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Ministral 8B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.

o1-mini was released by OpenAI on Sep 12 2024.

Ministral 8B is an open weight model released by Mistral. o1-mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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