Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 40.2 to 34.4.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 27.8 | 32.8 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Ministral 8B: 34.4 (#226), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.2 (#130)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Ministral 8B: 16.2 (#140), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#127)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Ministral 8B: 17.7 (#279), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.7 (#189)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
Math Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 23.7 (#262), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 12.5 (#292), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.3 (#242), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 60.7 (#245), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#222), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 39.8 (#241), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Ministral 8B or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.2 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.