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Ministral 8B vs Grok 4

Mistral Ministral 8B vs xAI Grok 4 — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Ministral 8B
xAI
Grok 4
Overview
CompanyMistralxAI
Release dateOct 2024Jul 9 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 281 days before Grok 4

Which is better: Ministral 8B or Grok 4?

Ministral 8B and Grok 4 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Ministral 8B shipped 281 days before Grok 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 8B is an open-source / open-weight model; Grok 4 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 Grok 4 released?
Grok 4 was released by xAI on Jul 9 2025.
Is Ministral 8B or Grok 4 open source?
Ministral 8B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Grok 4 is a proprietary model released by xAI.

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