Ministral 3 8B 2512 is 11.4× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Qwen3.8 27B has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 262,144 tokens, 3.8×).
Ministral 3 8B 2512 vs Qwen3.8 27B
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Ministral 3 8B 2512open
Mistral · mistralai__ministral-8b-2512
Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
Identity
| Field | mistralai__ministral-8b-2512 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral | Qwen |
| Slug | mistralai__ministral-8b-2512 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512 | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B |
Quality
| Field | mistralai__ministral-8b-2512 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | — | 87.4 |
Cost
| Field | mistralai__ministral-8b-2512 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.42 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.01 | $0.09 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $0.15 | $3.00 |
Context
| Field | mistralai__ministral-8b-2512 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 262,144 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output tokens | 209,715 | 131,072 |
Modalities
| Field | mistralai__ministral-8b-2512 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image | text, image, video |
| Output | text | text |