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Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber vs Ministral 8B Instruct

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the LLM Stats Score 42.7 to -4.5.

Google · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the overall LLM Stats Score 42.7 to -4.5, ranking #44 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

  • overall performance matters — it scores 42.7 and ranks #44 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Ministral 8B Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
Google
Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
42.7
#44
-4.5
#337
Coding
36.1
#25
-14.4
#256
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Individual benchmarks

4 reported for Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber · 11 for Ministral 8B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Ministral 8B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Ministral 8B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Ministral 8B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Wed Sep 02 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber 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.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

Proprietary

Closed source

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber was released on 2026-09-02, while Ministral 8B Instruct was released on 2024-10-16.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is 23 months newer than Ministral 8B Instruct.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

Sep 2, 2026

0 days ago

1.9yr newer
Ministral 8B Instruct

Oct 16, 2024

1.9 years ago

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

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Ministral 8B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber vs Ministral 8B Instruct.

Which is better, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber or Ministral 8B Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the LLM Stats Score 42.7 to -4.5. Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is made by Google and Ministral 8B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber compare to Ministral 8B Instruct in benchmarks?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 94.0%, CyberGym: 86.2%, Google Real-world Vulnerability Discovery: 71.0%, CWE-Bench: 47.2%. Ministral 8B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 83.0%, Winogrande: 75.3%, ARC-C: 71.9%, Arena Hard: 70.9%, MBPP pass@1: 70.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Ministral 8B Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber supports an unknown number of tokens and Ministral 8B Instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Ministral 8B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (42.7 vs -4.5), licensing (Proprietary vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Ministral 8B Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is developed by Google and Ministral 8B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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