Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 63.3% across 11 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MT-Bench (83.0%), Winogrande (75.3%), ARC-C (71.9%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. Released in 2024, it represents Mistral AI's latest advancement in AI technology.

OpenAI

o3-mini

OpenAI

o3-mini is a language model developed by OpenAI. The model shows competitive results across 26 benchmarks. It excels particularly in COLLIE (98.7%), MATH (97.9%), IFEval (93.9%). It supports a 300K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. Released in 2025, it represents OpenAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral AI

2024-10-16

OpenAI

o3-mini

OpenAI

2025-01-30

3 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

$5.30 cheaper
Input:$0.10
Output:$0.10
OpenAI

o3-mini

Input:$1.10
Output:$4.40

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:8.0B
OpenAI

o3-mini

Larger context
Max Context:300.0K

Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Average Score:59.8%
OpenAI

o3-mini

+32.6%
Average Score:92.4%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

code
51.0%
roleplay
83.0%
math
54.5%
general
+9.5%
64.7%
OpenAI

o3-mini

code
+42.9%
93.9%
roleplay
+1.6%
84.6%
math
+11.9%
66.4%
general
55.2%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

o3-mini

2023-09-30

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

1 providers

Mistral AI

Throughput: 0.1 tok/s
Latency: 0.18ms
OpenAI

o3-mini

2 providers

Azure

Throughput: 115 tok/s
Latency: 5.2ms

OpenAI

Throughput: 115 tok/s
Latency: 5.2ms
Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Avg Score:59.8%
Providers:1
OpenAI

o3-mini

+32.6%
Avg Score:92.4%
Providers:2