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Ministral 3 3BvsQwen3.8 27B
Qwen3.8 27B leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. Ministral 3 3B is 10.6x cheaper per token. Qwen3.8 27B has the larger context window (262K tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 1
Qwen3.8 27B leads
Cheaper per token
Ministral 3 3B
10.6x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.8 27B
262K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Mistral AI · Qwen
Ministral 3 3B
Mistral AI · released 2025-12-02
textvision
Qwen3.8 27B
Qwen · released 2026-08-14
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 2 only Ministral 3 3B · 3 only Qwen3.8 27B| Benchmark | Ministral 3 3B | Qwen3.8 27B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 53.4% ↗ | 89.2% ↗ | -35.8 pt | Qwen3.8 27B |
| Only Ministral 3 3B reports · 2 | ||||
| AIME 2025 | 72.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench | 54.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.8 27B reports · 3 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1439.3 ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro | not reported | 61.7% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | not reported | 73% ↗ | — | — |
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 Qwen3.8 27B 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 | Qwen3.8 27B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 262K tokens | Qwen3.8 27B |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.1 ↗ | $0.424 ↗ | Ministral 3 3B |
| Output price / 1M | $0.1 ↗ | $1.7 ↗ | Ministral 3 3B |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.01 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.2 | $2.12 | Ministral 3 3B |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2026-08-14 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 3 | 4 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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