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Ministral 3 8BvsQwen3.6-Plus
Qwen3.6-Plus leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. Ministral 3 8B is 6.4x cheaper per token. Qwen3.6-Plus has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 1
Qwen3.6-Plus leads
Cheaper per token
Ministral 3 8B
6.4x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.6-Plus
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Mistral AI · Qwen
Ministral 3 8B
Mistral AI · released 2025-12-02
textvision
Qwen3.6-Plus
Qwen · released 2026-04-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 2 only Ministral 3 8B · 5 only Qwen3.6-Plus| Benchmark | Ministral 3 8B | Qwen3.6-Plus | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 66.8% ↗ | 88.4% ↗epoch | -21.6 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Only Ministral 3 8B reports · 2 | ||||
| AIME 2025 | 78.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench | 61.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.6-Plus reports · 5 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1436.7 ↗ | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 38.2% ↗epoch | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 93.3% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 44.1% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 57.9% ↗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-Plus 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-Plus | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 1M tokens | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.15 ↗ | $0.276 ↗ | Ministral 3 8B |
| Output price / 1M | $0.15 ↗ | $1.65 ↗ | Ministral 3 8B |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.015 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.3 | $1.93 | Ministral 3 8B |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2026-04-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 3 | 6 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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