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# Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512
Mistral · released 2025-12 · 8.8B params · apache-2.0
**score 54.2** ±1.0 · #298 of 732 · from 11 benchmark results across 4 sources
Score within the [LMArena (text)](https://whatmodel.sh/?set=lmarena-text&score=set) comparison set only.
## What it's good at
● marks Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 among every model on that task or test, worst to best.
task vs the others rank counts tests
coding ▁▁▁▃▅▇█●▅▄▃▁ #150 of 469* 8.3% 1
math █·····●····█ #2 of 3 36% 2
coding · #150 of 469 · 8.3% of its score
Beats [Qwen3-Coder-Next (80B-A3B)](qwen3-coder-next.md), [Gemini 2.5 Pro](gemini-2-5-pro.md), [Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite](gemini-3-1-flash-lite.md) here, though they rank higher overall.
test result vs the others in its run difficulty counts why
LiveCodeBench (version unspecifie… 61.6% ▁···▁▁▁█●▃▄▁ beats 27/38 medium · avg 49% 8.3% at its level · small run · several runs
math · #2 of 3 · 36% of its score
test result vs the others in its run difficulty counts why
AIME 2025 (maker) 78.7% ▁·▁▁▁▂▅▆●▇▅▁ beats 82/133 easy · avg 67% 19% sharp · small run · several runs
AIME 2024 (maker) 86.0% ▁▁▁▂▁▃▁▅█●█▃ beats 62/85 easy · avg 75% 17% sharp · small run · several runs
other tests (4)
test result vs the others in its run difficulty counts why
GPQA Diamond (maker) 66.8% ▁▁▁▁▂▄▅▅●██▄ beats 144/322 medium · avg 53% 25% sharp · at its level · small run · seve…
Medmarks-V mean win rate (19 veri… 0.4312 ▁▄▃●▇▄█▃▅▁▁▁ beats 7/30 avg 0.418 19% sharp
Medmarks-V weighted mean win rate… 43.1% ▂▃▅▂●▃█▅█▅▃▆ beats 7/34 medium · avg 41% 8.6% blunt · at its level
SurgiQ surgical MCQ (zero-shot, l… 58.5% ▂···▂▂·▃▂▃●█ beats 11/17 medium · avg 53% 2.5% at its level
source results share of the score
mistralai/Ministral-3-3B-Reasoning-2512… 4 34% ▇▇▇▇
mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512… 4 34% ▇▇▇▇
Medmarks: A Comprehensive Open-Source L… 2 28% ▇▇▇
SurgiQ: A Large-Scale Multi-Domain Benc… 1 3% ▇
prior: pull toward the middle 0% ▇
weighted average = 54.2
Licences: mistralai/Ministral-3-3B-Reasoning-2512 model card ([Apache-2.0](../../licenses/cards-gap-NOTICE.txt)) · mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512 model card ([Apache-2.0](../../licenses/cards-gap-NOTICE.txt)) · Medmarks: A Comprehensive Open-Source LLM Benchmark Suite for Medical Tasks ([CC BY 4.0](../../licenses/paper-2605.01417v1-CC-BY-4.0.txt)) · SurgiQ: A Large-Scale Multi-Domain Benchmark for Evaluating Surgical Understanding in Large Language Models ([CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/))
## How to run it
### llama.cpp (recommended)
1. Install llama.cpp. Homebrew and winget installs name the commands llama-cli and llama-server instead. [Other ways to install](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/master/docs/install.md)
```sh
# macOS / Linux
curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh
# Windows
irm https://llama.app/install.ps1 | iex
```
2. Run Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 (Q4_K_M, needs 5.2 GB, from [huggingface.co/mistralai](https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-GGUF/blob/4413bc9b7b091ddad28101650d1395f5e045a328/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-Q4_K_M.gguf))
```sh
llama cli -hf mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```
3. Or start a local server and open the address it prints (http://localhost:9931)
```sh
llama serve -hf mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```
### LM Studio
1. Install LM Studio. Open the app once before using the lms command. [Download it (macOS / Windows / Linux)](https://lmstudio.ai/download)
2. Run Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 (Q4_K_M, needs 5.2 GB, from [huggingface.co/mistralai](https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-GGUF/blob/4413bc9b7b091ddad28101650d1395f5e045a328/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-Q4_K_M.gguf))
```sh
lms get https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-GGUF@Q4_K_M -y
```
3. Then run lms ls to see its name, and lms chat followed by that name
Other versions: 4bit (~4.8 GB, Mac only) `lms get https://huggingface.co/alexgusevski/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-q4-mlx -y` · 8bit (~9 GB, Mac only) `lms get https://huggingface.co/alexgusevski/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-q8-mlx -y`
### Ollama
1. Install Ollama. [Download it (macOS / Windows)](https://ollama.com/download)
```sh
# Linux
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
```
2. Run Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 (Q4_K_M, needs 5.2 GB, from [huggingface.co/mistralai](https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-GGUF/blob/4413bc9b7b091ddad28101650d1395f5e045a328/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-Q4_K_M.gguf))
```sh
ollama run hf.co/mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```
### MLX (Mac)
1. Install MLX (Mac). Apple silicon Macs only, text only.
```sh
# with uv
uv tool install mlx-lm
# or
pip install mlx-lm
```
2. Run Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 (4bit, needs ~4.8 GB, Mac only, from [huggingface.co/alexgusevski](https://huggingface.co/alexgusevski/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-q4-mlx/tree/168bd5f8ab87901e1133aabd3080b9353776f768))
```sh
mlx_lm.chat --model alexgusevski/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-q4-mlx
```
3. Or start an OpenAI-compatible server at http://localhost:8080/v1
```sh
mlx_lm.server --model alexgusevski/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-q4-mlx
```
Other versions: 8bit (~9 GB, Mac only) `mlx_lm.chat --model alexgusevski/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512-q8-mlx`
Model repository and documentation: [huggingface.co/mistralai](https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Reasoning-2512)
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