GPT-4 Turbo vs Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

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 36. 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 multimodal & grounded, where it averages 55.3 against 33.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 60 to 29.

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) is the reasoning model in the pair, while GPT-4 Turbo is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4 Turbo if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Agentic

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

44.7

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

38.5

42
Terminal-Bench 2.0
39
54
BrowseComp
41
41
OSWorld-Verified
36

Coding

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

17.2

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

15.2

52
HumanEval
24
5
SWE-bench Verified
17
23
LiveCodeBench
16
14
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

55.3

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

33.4

53
MMMU-Pro
28
58
OfficeQA Pro
40

Reasoning

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

61

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

42.1

58
SimpleQA
32
56
MuSR
33
75
BBH
70
62
LongBench v2
44
62
MRCRv2
47

Knowledge

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

41.1

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

30

60
MMLU
30
60
GPQA
29
58
SuperGPQA
27
56
OpenBookQA
25
51
MMLU-Pro
54
1
HLE
5
52
FrontierScience
34

Instruction Following

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

80

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

70

80
IFEval
70

Multilingual

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

68.5

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

61.7

75
MGSM
63
65
MMLU-ProX
61

Mathematics

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

64.4

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

47.8

60
AIME 2023
33
62
AIME 2024
35
61
AIME 2025
34
56
HMMT Feb 2023
29
58
HMMT Feb 2024
31
57
HMMT Feb 2025
30
59
BRUMO 2025
32
71
MATH-500
67

Frequently Asked Questions

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

GPT-4 Turbo is ahead overall, 47 to 36. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 60 and 29.

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

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 41.1 versus 30. 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 (Reasoning)?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 17.2 versus 15.2. 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 (Reasoning)?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 64.4 versus 47.8. 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 (Reasoning)?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 61 versus 42.1. 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 (Reasoning)?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.7 versus 38.5. 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 (Reasoning)?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 33.4. 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 (Reasoning)?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 70. 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 (Reasoning)?

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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