Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Ministral 3B
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 28× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Magistral Medium's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Magistral Medium leads 33.5 to 10.4.
- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.10 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- Magistral Medium accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Ministral 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 26.2 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 16K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | $0.10 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | — |
Reasoning Ministral 3B leads
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | — |
| DTBench | — | 51.7% |
| LMCA | — | 5.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.1 |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.4% |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 25.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | — |
| LMArena French | 1267 | — |
| LMArena German | 1248 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Ministral 3B?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 28× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Magistral Medium's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or Ministral 3B?
Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Which has the bigger context window?
Magistral Medium does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Ministral 3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.