Model comparison
ERNIE 5.1 vs Ministral 8B
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Ministral 8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 41.9 to 12.6.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| ERNIE 5.1 | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 28.2 |
| Released | — | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1202 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |
Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1191 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | — |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
Math ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1492 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1454 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1508 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1488 | — |
| LMArena German | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1473 | — |
Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 1161 |
Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | 1212 |
Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1441 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Ministral 8B?
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is ERNIE 5.1 or Ministral 8B better for coding?
ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Ministral 8B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.