Model comparison
Ministral 3B vs Mistral Small 3
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 3B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3 in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3 leads 25.1 to 10.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 25.3% for Ministral 3B and 47.3% for Mistral Small 3.
- Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.10 / $0.10 for Ministral 3B.
- Ministral 3B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 33K.
Side by side
| Ministral 3B | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 26.2 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 33K |
| Max output | 262K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.1 | 127.07 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1233 |
| DTBench | 51.7% | — |
| LMCA | 5.5% | — |
Math Ministral 3B leads
Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1240 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.4% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3 leads
Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 25.3% | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1202 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1204 |
| LMArena French | — | 1203 |
| LMArena German | — | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1216 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1214 |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1246 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1195 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1217 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 3B better than Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 3B or Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Ministral 3B lists at $0.10 and $0.10.
Which has the bigger context window?
Ministral 3B does, with 131K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 3B and Mistral Small 3 share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 3B has 6 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.