Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Ministral 8B
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and Ministral 8B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 2.0 Pro leads 36.5 to 12.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 83.5% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 14.9% for Ministral 8B.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Pro | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 35.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1202 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | 0.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 60.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1191 |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 68% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.06 | — |
| LiveBench | 65.1% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 83.5% | 14.9% |
| LiveBench Math | 71% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1188 |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 65.7% | 27.1% |
| Confabulations | 18.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1170 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1195 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 83.4% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1161 |
Long Context Ministral 8B leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 41.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1212 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1166 |
| LiveBench Language | 44.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Ministral 8B?
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Ministral 8B better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Ministral 8B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.