Model comparison

Ministral 8B vs Mistral Large 4

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 6.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 12 shared benchmarks.

Ministral 8B

Mistral AI

28.2

Rank #325 Confirmed

Mistral Large 4

Mistral AI

43.1

Rank #99 Confirmed

Summary

They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Large 4 leads 36.6 to 12.6.
Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Ministral 8B and Mistral Large 4 specifications
	Ministral 8B	Mistral Large 4
Provider	Mistral AI	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	28.2	43.1
Released	2024-10-01	2026-10-06
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	262K	1.05M
Max output	262K	262K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.15	$0.68
Output $ / M tokens	$0.15	$2.09
Results tracked	17	15

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 4 leads

Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Coding	1202	1475
LMArena WebDev	—	1541

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Mistral Large 4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Mistral Large 4
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	11.1%	—

Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads

Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Hard Prompts	1191	1444
NYT Connections (extended)	—	27.4%
DTBench	45.7%	—

Math Mistral Large 4 leads

Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Math	1188	1488
MATH Level 5	14.9%	—

Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads

Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Expert	1170	1447
GPQA Diamond	27.1%	—
SimpleQA Verified	—	20%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	7.4%	—

Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads

Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Non-English	1165	1415
LMArena Chinese	1193	1491
LMArena Russian	1195	1414

Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads

Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Instruction Following	1161	1424

Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads

Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Longer Query	1212	1429

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads

Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text	1191	1427
LMArena Creative Writing	1175	1361
LMArena Multi-Turn	1166	1424

Frequently asked questions

Is Ministral 8B better than Mistral Large 4?

Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B or Mistral Large 4?

Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

Is Ministral 8B or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Mistral Large 4 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.