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Gemini 4 Carbon vs Ministral 8B Instruct

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -5.2.

Google · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -5.2, ranking #2 overall.

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

Choose Gemini 4 Carbon

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.0 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 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 4 Carbon
Google
Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.0
#2
-5.2
#388
Reasoning
54.9
#5
-5.2
#380
Coding
48.1
#3
-14.5
#301
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

16 reported for Gemini 4 Carbon · 11 for Ministral 8B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 4 Carbon 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 4 Carbon
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Thu Oct 29 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 4 Carbon supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ministral 8B Instruct does not.

Gemini 4 Carbon can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ministral 8B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 4 Carbon 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 4 Carbon

Proprietary

Closed source

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 2026-10-28, while Ministral 8B Instruct was released on 2024-10-16.

Gemini 4 Carbon is 25 months newer than Ministral 8B Instruct.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Oct 28, 2026

-1 days ago

2.0yr newer
Ministral 8B Instruct

Oct 16, 2024

2.0 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

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 4 Carbon and Ministral 8B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 4 Carbon
✓ Preferred
Ministral 8B Instruct
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 4 Carbon vs Ministral 8B Instruct.

Which is better, Gemini 4 Carbon or Ministral 8B Instruct?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -5.2. Gemini 4 Carbon 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 4 Carbon compare to Ministral 8B Instruct in benchmarks?

Gemini 4 Carbon scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 100.0%, Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, Graphwalks BFS >128k: 96.2%, WebDev Arena: 88.4%, SEC-bench Pro: 88.2%. 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 4 Carbon and Ministral 8B Instruct?

Gemini 4 Carbon 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 4 Carbon and Ministral 8B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.0 vs -5.2), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 4 Carbon and Ministral 8B Instruct?

Gemini 4 Carbon is developed by Google and Ministral 8B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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