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MiniMax M2.5vsMinistral 3 3B
MiniMax M2.5 and Ministral 3 3B do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Ministral 3 3B is 7.5x cheaper per token. 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
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
Ministral 3 3B
7.5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Ministral 3 3B
256K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
MiniMax · Mistral AI
MiniMax M2.5
MiniMax · released 2026-02-12
text
Ministral 3 3B
Mistral AI · released 2025-12-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
0 shared · 1 only MiniMax M2.5 · 3 only Ministral 3 3B| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.5 | Ministral 3 3B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 0 | ||||
| No public benchmark is reported for both models yet. | ||||
| Only MiniMax M2.5 reports · 1 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | 1358.9 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Ministral 3 3B reports · 3 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | not reported | 53.4% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | not reported | 72.1% ↗ | — | — |
| 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 MiniMax M2.5 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 | MiniMax M2.5 | Ministral 3 3B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 205K tokens | 256K tokens | Ministral 3 3B |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | $0.1 ↗ | Ministral 3 3B |
| Output price / 1M | $1.2 ↗ | $0.1 ↗ | Ministral 3 3B |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.03 ↗ | $0.01 ↗ | Ministral 3 3B |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $1.5 | $0.2 | Ministral 3 3B |
| Modalities | text | text · vision | Ministral 3 3B |
| Released | 2026-02-12 | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 1 | 3 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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