Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs o1-pro
o1-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 1750× less per token, which makes it the better buy when o1-pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where o1-pro leads 29.7 to 12.6.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $150 / $600 for o1-pro.
- Ministral 8B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 200K.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | o1-pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 31.5 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2025-03-19 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 200K |
| Max output | 262K | 100K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $150 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $600 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
Reasoning o1-pro leads
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), o1-pro: 20.4 (#239)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 23.3% |
| EnigmaEval | — | 6.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
Math Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge o1-pro leads
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), o1-pro: 29.7 (#234)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 8.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than o1-pro?
o1-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 1750× less per token, which makes it the better buy when o1-pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B or o1-pro?
Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; o1-pro lists at $150 and $600.
Which has the bigger context window?
Ministral 8B does, with 262K tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and o1-pro share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and o1-pro has 3.