Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Qwen1.5-72B
Qwen1.5-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-72B leads 33.2 to 25.7.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Qwen1.5-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 30.8 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | 1165 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.3% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.6% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Qwen1.5-72B: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen1.5-72B leads
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1148 |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
Math Qwen1.5-72B leads
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1164 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | 28.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | 1136 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multilingual Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | 1135 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | 1186 |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | 1104 |
| LMArena French | — | 1159 |
| LMArena German | — | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1110 |
Instruction Following Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | 1141 |
Long Context Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | 1160 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Qwen1.5-72B?
Qwen1.5-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Ministral 8B or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?
Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.0 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Qwen1.5-72B share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.