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Gemini 2.5 Flash-LitevsMinistral 3 8B
Ministral 3 8B leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Ministral 3 8B is 1.7x cheaper per token. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 2
Ministral 3 8B leads
Cheaper per token
Ministral 3 8B
1.7x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
Google · Mistral AI
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Google · released 2025-07-22
textvisionaudio
Ministral 3 8B
Mistral AI · released 2025-12-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 2 only Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite · 1 only Ministral 3 8B| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Ministral 3 8B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 66.7% ↗ | 66.8% ↗ | -0.1 pt | Ministral 3 8B |
| AIME 2025 | 63.1% ↗ | 78.7% ↗ | -15.6 pt | Ministral 3 8B |
| Only Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite reports · 2 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 27.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | 6.9% ↗ | 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 Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 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 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Ministral 3 8B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 256K tokens | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Max output | 66K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.1 ↗ | $0.15 ↗ | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Output price / 1M | $0.4 ↗ | $0.15 ↗ | Ministral 3 8B |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.01 ↗ | $0.015 ↗ | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.5 | $0.3 | Ministral 3 8B |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Released | 2025-07-22 | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 4 | 3 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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