Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 1.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Coder Next's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 22.4 to 18.4.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.12 / $0.80 for Qwen3 Coder Next.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
Math Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 1.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Coder Next's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder Next lists at $0.12 and $0.80.
Is Ministral 8B or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.