Model Comparison

Gemma 2 9B vs Ministral 8B Instruct

Gemma 2 9B shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

7 benchmarks

Gemma 2 9B outperforms in 5 benchmarks (AGIEval, HumanEval, MMLU, TriviaQA, Winogrande), while Ministral 8B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (ARC-C, MATH).

Gemma 2 9B shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemma 2 9B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.10
Best providerMistral
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

1.2B diff

Gemma 2 9B has 1.2B more parameters than Ministral 8B Instruct, making it 15.2% larger.

Google
Gemma 2 9B
9.2Bparameters
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
9.2B
Gemma 2 9B
8.0B
Ministral 8B Instruct

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
Gemma 2 9B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 2 9B is licensed under Gemma, while Ministral 8B Instruct uses Mistral Research License.

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

Gemma 2 9B

Gemma

Open weights

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 2 9B was released on 2024-06-27, while Ministral 8B Instruct was released on 2024-10-16.

Ministral 8B Instruct is 4 months newer than Gemma 2 9B.

Gemma 2 9B

Jun 27, 2024

1.8 years ago

Ministral 8B Instruct

Oct 16, 2024

1.5 years ago

3mo 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

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Higher AGIEval score (52.8% vs 48.3%)
Higher HumanEval score (40.2% vs 34.8%)
Higher MMLU score (71.3% vs 65.0%)
Higher TriviaQA score (76.6% vs 65.5%)
Higher Winogrande score (80.6% vs 75.3%)
Mistral AI
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher ARC-C score (71.9% vs 68.4%)
Higher MATH score (54.5% vs 36.6%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 2 9B
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 2 9B vs Ministral 8B Instruct

Gemma 2 9B shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. Gemma 2 9B is made by Google 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.
Gemma 2 9B scores ARC-E: 88.0%, BoolQ: 84.2%, HellaSwag: 81.9%, PIQA: 81.7%, Winogrande: 80.6%. Ministral 8B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 83.0%, Winogrande: 75.3%, ARC-C: 71.9%, Arena Hard: 70.9%, MBPP pass@1: 70.0%.
Gemma 2 9B 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.
Key differences include licensing (Gemma vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemma 2 9B is developed by Google and Ministral 8B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.