Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Mistral Nemo
Ministral 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.2 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Nemo in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Ministral 8B leads 39.6 to 28.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 11.1% for Ministral 8B and 27.6% for Mistral Nemo.
- Both cost about the same: $0.15 input and $0.15 output per million tokens.
- Ministral 8B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 26.4 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2024-07-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 128K |
| Max output | 262K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Mistral Nemo leads
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | 27.6% |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |
Reasoning Mistral Nemo leads
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 45.7% | 48.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.68 |
| PIQA | — | 83.5% |
Math Too close to call
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | 10.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 84.2% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | 29.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 82.5% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |
Writing & Preference Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 881 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Mistral Nemo?
Ministral 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.2 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B or Mistral Nemo?
Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Ministral 8B lists at $0.15 and $0.15.
Which has the bigger context window?
Ministral 8B does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Mistral Nemo share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.