# Ministral 8B vs Mistral Nemo

> Ministral 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.8 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ministral-8b-vs-mistral-nemo
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Nemo in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Ministral 8B leads 39.8 to 28.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 11.1% for Ministral 8B and 27.6% for Mistral Nemo.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.10 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.15 for Mistral Nemo.

## Snapshot

| | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 27.8 | 25.9 |
| Rank | 321 | 332 |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.10 | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | $0.10 | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Ministral 8B: 34.4 (#226)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Ministral 8B: 16.2 (#140)
- Mistral Nemo: 23.3 (#118)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | 27.6% |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |

## Reasoning

- Ministral 8B: 17.7 (#279)
- Mistral Nemo: 19.9 (#230)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 45.7% | 48.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.63 |
| PIQA | — | 83.5% |

## Math

- Ministral 8B: 23.7 (#262)
- Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#263)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | 10.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 84.2% |

## Knowledge

- Ministral 8B: 12.5 (#292)
- Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#293)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | 29.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 82.5% |

## Multilingual

- Ministral 8B: 35.3 (#242)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Ministral 8B: 60.7 (#245)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | — |

## Long Context

- Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#222)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Ministral 8B: 39.8 (#241)
- Mistral Nemo: 28.6 (#291)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 881 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Ministral 8B better than Mistral Nemo?

Ministral 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.8 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B or Mistral Nemo?

Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; Mistral Nemo lists at $0.15 and $0.15.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 128K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Mistral Nemo share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.