Model comparison
Ministral 3B vs Qwen3-1.7B
Ministral 3B and Qwen3-1.7B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (26.2 vs 26.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Ministral 3B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-1.7B in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Ministral 3B leads 26.6 to 16.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 25.3% for Ministral 3B and 38% for Qwen3-1.7B.
Side by side
| Ministral 3B | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 26.2 | 26.6 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Results tracked | 6 | 4 |
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Category by category
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | 51.7% | — |
| LMCA | 5.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.1 | — |
Math Ministral 3B leads
Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-1.7B leads
Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 25.3% | 38% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 3B better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Ministral 3B and Qwen3-1.7B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (26.2 vs 26.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 3B and Qwen3-1.7B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Ministral 3B has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.