GPT-4 Turbo vs Ministral 3 8B

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

GPT-4 Turbo is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 47 to 32. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4 Turbo's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 61 against 36.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 60 to 27.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4 Turbo if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 8B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

44.7

Ministral 3 8B

28.9

42
Terminal-Bench 2.0
26
54
BrowseComp
36
41
OSWorld-Verified
27

Coding

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

17.2

Ministral 3 8B

14.2

52
HumanEval
23
5
SWE-bench Verified
16
23
LiveCodeBench
15
14
SWE-bench Pro
13

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

55.3

Ministral 3 8B

32.4

53
MMMU-Pro
27
58
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

61

Ministral 3 8B

36.1

58
SimpleQA
28
56
MuSR
26
75
BBH
63
62
LongBench v2
38
62
MRCRv2
41

Knowledge

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

41.1

Ministral 3 8B

28

60
MMLU
28
60
GPQA
27
58
SuperGPQA
25
56
OpenBookQA
23
51
MMLU-Pro
52
1
HLE
3
52
FrontierScience
32

Instruction Following

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

80

Ministral 3 8B

69

80
IFEval
69

Multilingual

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

68.5

Ministral 3 8B

61.7

75
MGSM
63
65
MMLU-ProX
61

Mathematics

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

64.4

Ministral 3 8B

43.3

60
AIME 2023
30
62
AIME 2024
32
61
AIME 2025
33
56
HMMT Feb 2023
26
58
HMMT Feb 2024
28
57
HMMT Feb 2025
27
59
BRUMO 2025
29
71
MATH-500
60

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4 Turbo or Ministral 3 8B?

GPT-4 Turbo is ahead overall, 47 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 60 and 27.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4 Turbo or Ministral 3 8B?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 41.1 versus 28. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4 Turbo or Ministral 3 8B?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 17.2 versus 14.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-4 Turbo or Ministral 3 8B?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 64.4 versus 43.3. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-4 Turbo or Ministral 3 8B?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 61 versus 36.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-4 Turbo or Ministral 3 8B?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.7 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, GPT-4 Turbo or Ministral 3 8B?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-4 Turbo or Ministral 3 8B?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 69. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-4 Turbo or Ministral 3 8B?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 68.5 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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