# DBRX vs Ministral 8B

> DBRX is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-ministral-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 2 categories and Ministral 8B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Ministral 8B leads 39.6 to 33.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 27.1% for Ministral 8B.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 28.2 |
| Rank | 311 | 325 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1202 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1191 |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 14.9% |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 27.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1170 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | — |
| LMArena German | 1057 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1161 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1212 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1166 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Ministral 8B?

DBRX is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Ministral 8B better for coding?

Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.0 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Ministral 8B share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.