Model comparison
Grok-3 mini vs Ministral 8B
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 7 categories and Ministral 8B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-3 mini leads 46.4 to 12.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 90.9% for Grok-3 mini and 14.9% for Ministral 8B.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok-3 mini | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2025-04-09 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | 1202 |
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning Ministral 8B leads
Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | 1191 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | — |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | — |
Math Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1386 | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | 14.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |
Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | 27.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | 1170 |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | — |
Multilingual Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1353 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1357 | — |
| LMArena German | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1342 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1335 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1381 | — |
Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1357 | 1161 |
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |
Long Context Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | 1212 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | 1166 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-3 mini better than Ministral 8B?
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok-3 mini or Ministral 8B better for coding?
Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Ministral 8B share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.