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Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Ministral 3B

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Ministral 3B Mistral AI

26.2

Rank #338 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 2 categories and Ministral 3B in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Ministral 3B leads 26.6 to 14.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 33% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 25.3% for Ministral 3B.
  • Ministral 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BMinistral 3B
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index29.926.2
Released2024-10-032024-10-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.10
Output $ / M tokens—$0.10
Results tracked216

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Ministral 3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMinistral 3B
LMArena Coding1218—

Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMinistral 3B
DTBench50%51.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts1209—
LMCA—5.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—118.1

Math Ministral 3B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMinistral 3B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%—
LMArena Math1207—
MATH Level 5—14.4%

Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMinistral 3B
GPQA Diamond33%25.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—7.3%
LMArena Expert1185—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Ministral 3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMinistral 3B
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Ministral 3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMinistral 3B
LMArena Non-English1215—
LMArena Chinese1231—
LMArena French1234—
LMArena German1206—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—
LMArena Russian1236—
LMArena Spanish1212—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Ministral 3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMinistral 3B
LMArena Instruction Following1199—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Ministral 3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMinistral 3B
LMArena Longer Query1219—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Ministral 3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMinistral 3B
LMArena Text1226—
LMArena Creative Writing1218—
LMArena Multi-Turn1185—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Ministral 3B?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Ministral 3B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.

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