Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models have similar pricing. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Mistral AI
Devstral Small was developed as a more efficient development-focused model, designed to bring software engineering assistance to resource-conscious deployments. Built to provide coding capabilities with reduced computational requirements, it enables developer tools in environments where efficiency is paramount.
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B was developed as a compact yet capable model from Mistral AI, designed to provide strong instruction-following with just 8 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring efficient deployment while maintaining reliable performance, it represents Mistral's smallest production-ready offering.
8 months newer

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16

Devstral Small 1.1
Mistral AI
2025-07-11
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Devstral Small 1.1

Ministral 8B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

Devstral Small 1.1
Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Devstral Small 1.1

Ministral 8B Instruct

Devstral Small 1.1

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI