Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Ministral 3 8B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Gemini 2.5 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 67 to 32. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 2.5 Pro's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 85.1 against 32.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 86 to 27.

Gemini 2.5 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.25 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Ministral 3 8B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Gemini 2.5 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 8B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 8B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

61.7

Ministral 3 8B

28.9

61
Terminal-Bench 2.0
26
72
BrowseComp
36
55
OSWorld-Verified
27

Coding

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

41

Ministral 3 8B

14.2

75
HumanEval
23
45
SWE-bench Verified
16
37
LiveCodeBench
15
44
SWE-bench Pro
13

Multimodal & Grounded

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

85.1

Ministral 3 8B

32.4

86
MMMU-Pro
27
84
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

80.7

Ministral 3 8B

36.1

81
SimpleQA
28
79
MuSR
26
81
BBH
63
80
LongBench v2
38
83
MRCRv2
41

Knowledge

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

58.4

Ministral 3 8B

28

83
MMLU
28
83
GPQA
27
81
SuperGPQA
25
79
OpenBookQA
23
76
MMLU-Pro
52
3
HLE
3
70
FrontierScience
32

Instruction Following

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

83

Ministral 3 8B

69

83
IFEval
69

Multilingual

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

82.7

Ministral 3 8B

61.7

84
MGSM
63
82
MMLU-ProX
61

Mathematics

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

83.5

Ministral 3 8B

43.3

84
AIME 2023
30
86
AIME 2024
32
85
AIME 2025
33
80
HMMT Feb 2023
26
82
HMMT Feb 2024
28
81
HMMT Feb 2025
27
83
BRUMO 2025
29
84
MATH-500
60

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Ministral 3 8B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is ahead overall, 67 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 86 and 27.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Ministral 3 8B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 58.4 versus 28. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Ministral 3 8B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41 versus 14.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Ministral 3 8B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 83.5 versus 43.3. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Ministral 3 8B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 80.7 versus 36.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Ministral 3 8B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.7 versus 28.9. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Ministral 3 8B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.1 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Ministral 3 8B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 83 versus 69. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Ministral 3 8B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.7 versus 61.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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