Model comparison
Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Ministral 8B
Gemini 1.0 Pro and Ministral 8B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (27.3 vs 28.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 1 category and Ministral 8B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Ministral 8B leads 25.7 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 34% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 27.1% for Ministral 8B.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.0 Pro | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 27.3 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2023-12-13 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Ministral 8B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1108 | 1202 |
| HumanEval+ | 55.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning Ministral 8B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1109 | 1191 |
| DTBench | 45.9% | 45.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 117.04 | — |
Math Ministral 8B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1132 | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.2% | 14.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 1.0 Pro leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34% | 27.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1059 | 1170 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
| MMLU | 70% | — |
Multilingual Ministral 8B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1138 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1124 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1186 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1145 | — |
| LMArena German | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1023 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1119 | — |
Instruction Following Ministral 8B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1114 | 1161 |
Long Context Ministral 8B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1132 | 1212 |
Writing & Preference Ministral 8B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1149 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1131 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1139 | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Ministral 8B?
Gemini 1.0 Pro and Ministral 8B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (27.3 vs 28.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Ministral 8B better for coding?
Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.0 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Ministral 8B share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.