Model Comparison

Gemma 3n E2B vs Ministral 8B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Gemma 3n E2B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Ministral 8B Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (ARC-C, TriviaQA, Winogrande).

Ministral 8B Instruct significantly outperforms across most 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 3n E2B
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

19.8M diff

Ministral 8B Instruct has 0.0B more parameters than Gemma 3n E2B, making it 0.2% larger.

Google
Gemma 3n E2B
8.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
8.0B
Gemma 3n E2B
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 3n E2B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemma 3n E2B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ministral 8B Instruct does not.

Gemma 3n E2B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemma 3n E2B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ministral 8B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 3n E2B 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.

Gemma 3n E2B

Proprietary

Closed source

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 3n E2B was released on 2025-06-26, while Ministral 8B Instruct was released on 2024-10-16.

Gemma 3n E2B is 8 months newer than Ministral 8B Instruct.

Gemma 3n E2B

Jun 26, 2025

10 months ago

8mo newer
Ministral 8B Instruct

Oct 16, 2024

1.5 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemma 3n E2B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Ministral 8B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemma 3n E2B's training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Ministral 8B Instruct's cutoff date.

Gemma 3n E2B

Jun 2024

Ministral 8B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Supports multimodal inputs
Mistral AI
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Has open weights
Higher ARC-C score (71.9% vs 51.7%)
Higher TriviaQA score (65.5% vs 60.8%)
Higher Winogrande score (75.3% vs 66.8%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 3n E2B
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 3n E2B vs Ministral 8B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemma 3n E2B 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 3n E2B scores PIQA: 78.9%, BoolQ: 76.4%, ARC-E: 75.8%, HellaSwag: 72.2%, Winogrande: 66.8%. Ministral 8B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 83.0%, Winogrande: 75.3%, ARC-C: 71.9%, Arena Hard: 70.9%, MBPP pass@1: 70.0%.
Gemma 3n E2B 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 multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemma 3n E2B is developed by Google and Ministral 8B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.