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Ministral 8B vs Grok 4.5

Mistral
Ministral 8B
SpaceXAI
Grok 4.5
Overview
CompanyMistralSpaceXAI
Release dateOct 2024Jul 8 2026
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Agentic coding
SWE-Bench Pro
64.7%
Multilingual coding
SWE-Bench Multilingual
78%
Agentic coding
DeepSWE 1.0
62%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
83.3%
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 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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