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Devstral 2 2512 vs Ministral 3B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Devstral 2 2512 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

Ministral 3B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
Price Advantage
Ministral 3B
Benchmark Advantage
Devstral 2 2512
Context Window
Devstral 2 2512
Speed
Ministral 3B

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricDevstral 2 2512Ministral 3BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.40$0.04 Ministral 3B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.90$0.04 Ministral 3B
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.45N/A Devstral 2 2512
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Ministral 3B is 92% cheaper overall.

Devstral 2 2512 Providers

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Ministral 3B Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Devstral 2 2512 Wins
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Ministral 3B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkDevstral 2 2512Ministral 3BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
22.011.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
23.74.8
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
36.722.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
76.252.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
59.435.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
44.824.7
Devstral 2 2512 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Devstral 2 2512
262,144
tokens
Ministral 3B
128,000
tokens
Devstral 2 2512 has a 51% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricDevstral 2 2512Ministral 3BWinner
Tokens/second80.0 tok/s272.5 tok/s
Time to First Token0.40s0.26s
Ministral 3B responds 241% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureDevstral 2 2512Ministral 3B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyDevstral 2 2512Ministral 3B
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMistral AIMistral AI
ReleasedDec 2025Unknown

Devstral 2 2512 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Ministral 3B Modalities

Input
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Frequently Asked Questions

Ministral 3B has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. Ministral 3B has cheaper output pricing at $0.04/M tokens.
Devstral 2 2512 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 23.7, compared to Ministral 3B's score of 4.8.
Devstral 2 2512 has a 262,144 token context window, while Ministral 3B has a 128,000 token context window.
Devstral 2 2512 does not support vision. Ministral 3B does not support vision.