Model comparison
Ministral 3B vs Nova Premier 1.0
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 125× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 35.4 to 10.4.
- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.04 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
- Ministral 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Ministral 3B | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 25.6 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.04 | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 6 |
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Category by category
Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Ministral 3B: 17.7 (#278), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 44.8% |
| DTBench | 51.7% | — |
| LMCA | 5.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.08 | — |
Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Ministral 3B: 24.5 (#257), Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.4% | — |
Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#297), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 25.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 3B better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 125× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 3B or Nova Premier 1.0?
Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.04 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 3B and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 3B has 6 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.