Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Qwen Turbo
Ministral 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Ministral 8B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Turbo in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Ministral 8B leads 25.7 to 15.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 14.9% for Ministral 8B and 56.2% for Qwen Turbo.
- Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.15 for Ministral 8B.
- Qwen Turbo accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Qwen Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 262K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
Math Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | 56.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
Knowledge Qwen Turbo leads
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | 41.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Qwen Turbo?
Ministral 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Ministral 8B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B or Qwen Turbo?
Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Ministral 8B lists at $0.15 and $0.15.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Turbo does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Qwen Turbo share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.