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Ministral 8B vs o1-pro

Mistral Ministral 8B vs OpenAI o1-pro — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Ministral 8B
OpenAI
o1-pro
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateOct 2024Mar 19 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 8B shipped 169 days before o1-pro

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

Ministral 8B and o1-pro do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Ministral 8B shipped 169 days before o1-pro, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 8B is an open-source / open-weight model; o1-pro 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 8B released?
Ministral 8B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.
When was o1-pro released?
o1-pro was released by OpenAI on Mar 19 2025.
Is Ministral 8B or o1-pro open source?
Ministral 8B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. o1-pro is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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