Model comparison
Ministral 3B vs Solar Pro4
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 5.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AI
UpstageSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Solar Pro4 leads 39.8 to 10.4.
- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.10 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for Solar Pro4.
- Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 131K.
- Ministral 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Ministral 3B | Solar Pro4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Upstage |
| Noometry Index | 26.2 | 42.1 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2026-08-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | 524K |
| Max output | 262K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1371 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1437 |
Reasoning Solar Pro4 leads
Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1399 |
| DTBench | 51.7% | — |
| LMCA | 5.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.1 | — |
Math Solar Pro4 leads
Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1416 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.4% | — |
Knowledge Solar Pro4 leads
Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 25.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1427 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1361 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1415 |
| LMArena French | — | 1397 |
| LMArena German | — | 1364 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1382 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1360 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1401 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1377 |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1381 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1386 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1316 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1385 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 3B better than Solar Pro4?
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 5.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 3B or Solar Pro4?
Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; Solar Pro4 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 3B and Solar Pro4 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 3B has 6 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.