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GPT-5.2vsMinistral 3 8B
GPT-5.2 leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Ministral 3 8B is 52.5x cheaper per token. GPT-5.2 has the larger context window (400K tokens).
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Shared benchmarks
2 – 0
GPT-5.2 leads
Cheaper per token
Ministral 3 8B
52.5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5.2
400K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
94.4444% · 100%
OpenAI · Mistral AI
GPT-5.2
OpenAI · released 2025-12-11
textvision
Ministral 3 8B
Mistral AI · released 2025-12-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 12 only GPT-5.2 · 1 only Ministral 3 8B| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Ministral 3 8B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 92.4% ↗ | 66.8% ↗ | +25.6 pt | GPT-5.2 |
| AIME 2025 | 100% ↗ | 78.7% ↗ | +21.3 pt | GPT-5.2 |
| Only GPT-5.2 reports · 12 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 80% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | 98.3% ↗matharena | not reported | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | 1412.4 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 (Verified) | 86.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ARC-AGI-2 (Verified) | 52.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 31.7% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 67.4% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| GDPval (wins or ties) | 70.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 96.1% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 37.1% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 55.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 73.8% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only Ministral 3 8B reports · 1 | ||||
| LiveCodeBench | not reported | 61.6% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GPT-5.2 minus Ministral 3 8B in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GPT-5.2 | Ministral 3 8B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 400K tokens | 256K tokens | GPT-5.2 |
| Max output | 128K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1.75 ↗ | $0.15 ↗ | Ministral 3 8B |
| Output price / 1M | $14 ↗ | $0.15 ↗ | Ministral 3 8B |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.175 ↗ | $0.015 ↗ | Ministral 3 8B |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $15.75 | $0.3 | Ministral 3 8B |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-12-11 | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 16 | 3 | — |
Reliability
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