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DeepSeek R1vsMinistral 3 3B
DeepSeek R1 and Ministral 3 3B split their 2 shared benchmarks evenly. Ministral 3 3B has the larger context window (256K tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
1 – 1
even split
Cheaper per token
—
list price, input + output
Larger context
Ministral 3 3B
256K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
DeepSeek · Mistral AI
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek · released 2025-01-20
text
- Context
- 128K
- Max out
- 33K
- Input /1M
- —
- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 8 · 7 core
Ministral 3 3B
Mistral AI · released 2025-12-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 5 only DeepSeek R1 · 1 only Ministral 3 3B| Benchmark | DeepSeek R1 | Ministral 3 3B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 71.5% ↗ | 53.4% ↗ | +18.1 pt | DeepSeek R1 |
| AIME 2025 | 70% ↗matharena | 72.1% ↗ | -2.1 pt | Ministral 3 3B |
| Only DeepSeek R1 reports · 5 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 49.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMLU | 90.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 84% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | 1372.6 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 53.3% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only Ministral 3 3B reports · 1 | ||||
| LiveCodeBench | not reported | 54.8% ↗ | — | — |
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 DeepSeek R1 minus Ministral 3 3B 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 | DeepSeek R1 | Ministral 3 3B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128K tokens | 256K tokens | Ministral 3 3B |
| Max output | 33K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | — | $0.1 ↗ | — |
| Output price / 1M | — | $0.1 ↗ | — |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.01 ↗ | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | — | $0.2 | — |
| Modalities | text | text · vision | Ministral 3 3B |
| Released | 2025-01-20 | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 8 | 3 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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