Model Comparison

Claude 3 Opus vs Ministral 8B Instruct

Claude 3 Opus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Ministral 8B Instruct is 300.0x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Claude 3 Opus outperforms in 4 benchmarks (ARC-C, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU), while Ministral 8B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3 Opus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Ministral 8B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Opus ($15.00/1M tokens) is 150.0x more expensive than Ministral 8B Instruct ($0.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Opus ($75.00/1M tokens) is 750.0x more expensive than Ministral 8B Instruct ($0.10/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Opus is more expensive than Ministral 8B Instruct.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Input tokens$15.00
Output tokens$75.00
Best providerAnthropic
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.10
Best providerMistral
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Opus accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Ministral 8B Instruct's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3 Opus can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Ministral 8B Instruct is limited to 128,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3 Opus supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ministral 8B Instruct does not.

Claude 3 Opus can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3 Opus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ministral 8B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Opus is licensed under a proprietary license, while Ministral 8B Instruct uses Mistral Research License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3 Opus

Proprietary

Closed source

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Opus was released on 2024-02-29, while Ministral 8B Instruct was released on 2024-10-16.

Ministral 8B Instruct is 8 months newer than Claude 3 Opus.

Claude 3 Opus

Feb 29, 2024

2.1 years ago

Ministral 8B Instruct

Oct 16, 2024

1.4 years ago

7mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Opus is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Ministral 8B Instruct is available from Mistral AI.

Claude 3 Opus

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
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AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
google logo
Google
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M

Ministral 8B Instruct

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Mistral
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.10/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher ARC-C score (96.4% vs 71.9%)
Higher HumanEval score (84.9% vs 34.8%)
Higher MATH score (60.1% vs 54.5%)
Higher MMLU score (86.8% vs 65.0%)
Mistral AI
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Opus vs Ministral 8B Instruct

Claude 3 Opus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3 Opus is made by Anthropic and Ministral 8B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude 3 Opus scores ARC-C: 96.4%, HellaSwag: 95.4%, GSM8k: 95.0%, MGSM: 90.7%, BIG-Bench Hard: 86.8%. Ministral 8B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 83.0%, Winogrande: 75.3%, ARC-C: 71.9%, Arena Hard: 70.9%, MBPP pass@1: 70.0%.
Ministral 8B Instruct is 150.0x cheaper for input tokens. Claude 3 Opus costs $15.00/M input and $75.00/M output via anthropic. Ministral 8B Instruct costs $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output via mistral.
Claude 3 Opus supports 200K tokens and Ministral 8B Instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 128K), input pricing ($15.00 vs $0.10/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude 3 Opus is developed by Anthropic and Ministral 8B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.