Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Qwen3-4B
Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-4B in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-4B leads 33.0 to 12.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 27.1% for Ministral 8B and 52.3% for Qwen3-4B.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Qwen3-4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3-4B leads
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | 35.7% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
Math Qwen3-4B leads
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 38.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 52.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | 52.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | 5.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Qwen3-4B?
Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Qwen3-4B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.