Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Qwen3.7 Flash
Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Flash leads 48.9 to 12.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 27.1% for Ministral 8B and 82.3% for Qwen3.7 Flash.
- Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.03 / $0.13 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.15 for Ministral 8B.
- Qwen3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Qwen3.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 39.9 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 262K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.03 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.13 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Qwen3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Qwen3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.7 Flash leads
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Qwen3.7 Flash: 28.2 (#108)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 43.8% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 23% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 15% |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 144.64 |
Math Qwen3.7 Flash leads
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Qwen3.7 Flash: 38.3 (#140)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 19.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.7 Flash leads
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#75)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | 82.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Qwen3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Qwen3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Qwen3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Qwen3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Qwen3.7 Flash?
Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B or Qwen3.7 Flash?
Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens; Ministral 8B lists at $0.15 and $0.15.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.7 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Qwen3.7 Flash share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.