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Ministral 3 8BvsQwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B 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
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
262K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Mistral AI · Qwen
Ministral 3 8B
Mistral AI · released 2025-12-02
textvision
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen
textvision
- Context
- 262K
- Max out
- —
- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 6 · 5 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 2 only Ministral 3 8B · 4 only Qwen3.6 35B-A3B| Benchmark | Ministral 3 8B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 66.8% ↗ | 86% ↗ | -19.2 pt | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
| Only Ministral 3 8B reports · 2 | ||||
| AIME 2025 | 78.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench | 61.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.6 35B-A3B reports · 4 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 73.4% ↗ | — | — |
| MMLU-Pro | not reported | 85.2% ↗ | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 17.5% ↗epoch | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 86.7% ↗epoch | — | — |
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 8B minus Qwen3.6 35B-A3B 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 8B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 262K tokens | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.15 ↗ | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | $0.15 ↗ | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.015 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.3 | — | — |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | — | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 3 | 6 | — |
Reliability
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