Model comparison
Ministral 3B vs Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.8 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 50× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MetaSummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 3B scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.2 in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 53.9 to 10.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 51.7% for Ministral 3B and 94.7% for Muse Spark 1.2.
- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.04 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.2.
- Muse Spark 1.2 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Ministral 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Ministral 3B | Muse Spark 1.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 25.6 | 49.8 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2026-08-05 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 128K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.04 | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 48.6 (#49)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | — | 54.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1532 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 12% |
| SciCode | — | 56.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 60.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1497 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 29.5 (#77)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 36.4% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 16% |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Ministral 3B: 17.7 (#278), Muse Spark 1.2: 50.4 (#32)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.7% | 94.7% |
| LMCA | 5.5% | 48.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.08 | 155.18 |
| SimpleBench | — | 74.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 79.2% |
| CritPt | — | 17.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1490 |
Math Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Ministral 3B: 24.5 (#257), Muse Spark 1.2: 43.8 (#68)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 43% |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.4% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#297), Muse Spark 1.2: 53.9 (#49)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 25.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 60.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1485 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 42.6 (#24)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1304 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 57.4 (#10)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1479 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1519 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1494 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 77.1 (#30)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1466 |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 45.4 (#35)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1483 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 72.6 (#14)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1486 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1444 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1840 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1504 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 3B better than Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.8 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 50× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 3B or Muse Spark 1.2?
Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.04 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.2 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.2 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 3B and Muse Spark 1.2 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 3B has 6 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.2 has 28.