Ministral 8B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Comparison
Comparing Ministral 8B Instruct and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Ministral 8B Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is better at 4 benchmarks (Arena Hard, HumanEval, MATH, MT-Bench).
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Ministral 8B Instruct ($0.10/1M tokens) is 3.5x cheaper than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ($0.35/1M tokens).
For output processing, Ministral 8B Instruct ($0.10/1M tokens) is 4.0x cheaper than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ($0.40/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is more expensive than Ministral 8B Instruct.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 64.7B more parameters than Ministral 8B Instruct, making it 806.5% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct accepts 131,072 input tokens compared to Ministral 8B Instruct's 128,000 tokens. Ministral 8B Instruct can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is limited to 8,192 tokens.
License
Usage and distribution terms
Ministral 8B Instruct is licensed under Mistral Research License, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct uses Qwen.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Mistral Research License
Open weights
Qwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Ministral 8B Instruct was released on 2024-10-16, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.
Ministral 8B Instruct is 1 month newer than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.
Oct 16, 2024
1.4 years ago
3w newerSep 19, 2024
1.5 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Provider Availability
Ministral 8B Instruct is available from Mistral AI. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Hyperbolic, Fireworks, Together. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Ministral 8B Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Ministral 8B Instruct
View detailsMistral AI
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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