Ministral 8B vs Grok 4.5
Mistral Ministral 8B | SpaceXAI Grok 4.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Mistral | SpaceXAI |
| Release date | Oct 2024 | Jul 8 2026 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
Agentic coding SWE-Bench ProCan the AI fix real bugs in real software? It's handed actual problems from open-source projects and has to write code that genuinely solves them. Higher is better. | — | 64.7% |
Multilingual coding SWE-Bench MultilingualLike SWE-Bench, but the coding problems span many programming languages, not just one. Tests how broadly the AI can code. Higher is better. | — | 78% |
Agentic coding DeepSWE 1.0Artificial Analysis' independent test of deep, agentic software-engineering work — the AI has to plan and carry out substantial coding tasks end to end. Higher is better. | — | 62% |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 2.1Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? Higher is better. | — | 83.3% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Ministral 8B shipped 645 days before Grok 4.5 | |
Which is better: Ministral 8B or Grok 4.5?
Ministral 8B and Grok 4.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Ministral 8B shipped 645 days before Grok 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Ministral 8B is open weight, while Grok 4.5 is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Ministral 8B and Grok 4.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Ministral 8B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.
Grok 4.5 was released by SpaceXAI on Jul 8 2026.
Ministral 8B is an open weight model released by Mistral. Grok 4.5 is a proprietary model released by SpaceXAI.
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