# Devstral Small 2505 vs Ministral 3B

> Devstral Small 2505 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.9 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 3.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Devstral Small 2505's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/devstral-small-vs-ministral-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.04 per million input/output tokens, against $0.10 / $0.30 for Devstral Small 2505.

## Snapshot

| | Devstral Small 2505 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.9 | 25.6 |
| Rank | 228 | 336 |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.10 | $0.04 |
| Output $/M | $0.30 | $0.04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Devstral Small 2505: 38.6 (#160)
- Ministral 3B: —

| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 56.4% | — |
| SciCode | 28.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- Devstral Small 2505: 19.1 (#243)
- Ministral 3B: 17.7 (#278)

| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| DTBench | — | 51.7% |
| LMCA | — | 5.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.08 |

## Math

- Devstral Small 2505: —
- Ministral 3B: 24.5 (#257)

| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.4% |

## Knowledge

- Devstral Small 2505: —
- Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#297)

| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 25.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.3% |

## FAQ

### Is Devstral Small 2505 better than Ministral 3B?

Devstral Small 2505 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.9 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 3.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Devstral Small 2505's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Devstral Small 2505 or Ministral 3B?

Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.04 per million output tokens; Devstral Small 2505 lists at $0.10 and $0.30.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 128K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Devstral Small 2505 and Ministral 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Devstral Small 2505 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.