Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Ministral 3B
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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MiniMax
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax M1 leads 35.7 to 10.4.
- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.04 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | Ministral 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 25.6 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 128K |
| Max output | 40K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $0.04 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $0.04 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125), Ministral 3B: 17.7 (#278)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | — |
| DTBench | — | 51.7% |
| LMCA | — | 5.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.08 |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152), Ministral 3B: 24.5 (#257)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1360 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.4% |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168), Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#297)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 25.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1316 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1320 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1361 | — |
| LMArena French | 1369 | — |
| LMArena German | 1350 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1220 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1263 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1330 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Ministral 3B?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Ministral 3B?
Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.04 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.40 and $2.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Ministral 3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.