Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
IBM
Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview was introduced as an experimental ultra-compact model, designed to demonstrate IBM's progress in efficient model development. Built to explore the boundaries of what small models can achieve for enterprise applications, it represents an early look at next-generation Granite capabilities.
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.
6 months newer

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
IBM
2025-05-02
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Ministral 8B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Ministral 8B Instruct

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Ministral 8B Instruct