Model comparison
Ministral 3B vs Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 3B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5-9B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 46.0 to 10.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 25.3% for Ministral 3B and 79% for Qwen3.5-9B.
- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.10 per million input/output tokens, against $0.10 / $0.15 for Qwen3.5-9B.
- Qwen3.5-9B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 26.2 | 33.8 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 35.9 (#217)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.5-9B leads
Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282), Qwen3.5-9B: 23.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.7% | 71.2% |
| LMCA | 5.5% | 24.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.1 | 139.46 |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
Math Qwen3.5-9B leads
Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258), Qwen3.5-9B: 34.8 (#192)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 61.7% |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5-9B leads
Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302), Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#84)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 25.3% | 79% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 3B better than Qwen3.5-9B?
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 3B or Qwen3.5-9B?
Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5-9B lists at $0.10 and $0.15.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.5-9B does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 3B and Qwen3.5-9B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 3B has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.