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Ministral 3 3BvsMinistral 3 8B
Ministral 3 8B leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Ministral 3 3B is 1.5x cheaper per token. Both offer a 256K-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 3
Ministral 3 8B leads
Cheaper per token
Ministral 3 3B
1.5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 256K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100%
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 3B
Mistral AI · released 2025-12-02
textvision
Ministral 3 8B
Mistral AI · released 2025-12-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
3 shared · 0 only Ministral 3 3B · 0 only Ministral 3 8B| Benchmark | Ministral 3 3B | Ministral 3 8B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 3 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 53.4% ↗ | 66.8% ↗ | -13.4 pt | Ministral 3 8B |
| AIME 2025 | 72.1% ↗ | 78.7% ↗ | -6.6 pt | Ministral 3 8B |
| LiveCodeBench | 54.8% ↗ | 61.6% ↗ | -6.8 pt | Ministral 3 8B |
| Only Ministral 3 3B reports · 0 | ||||
| Ministral 3 3B reports nothing Ministral 3 8B does not. | ||||
| Only Ministral 3 8B reports · 0 | ||||
| Ministral 3 8B reports nothing Ministral 3 3B does not. | ||||
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 Ministral 3 3B 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 | Ministral 3 3B | Ministral 3 8B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 256K tokens | Tie |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.1 ↗ | $0.15 ↗ | Ministral 3 3B |
| Output price / 1M | $0.1 ↗ | $0.15 ↗ | Ministral 3 3B |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.01 ↗ | $0.015 ↗ | Ministral 3 3B |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.2 | $0.3 | Ministral 3 3B |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 3 | 3 | — |
Reliability
Mistral AI status
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