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Ministral 3B vs Mistral Medium 3.1

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Ministral 3B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time

Mistral Medium 3.1 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Ministral 3B
Benchmark Advantage
Mistral Medium 3.1
Context Window
Mistral Medium 3.1
Speed
Ministral 3B

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMinistral 3BMistral Medium 3.1
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMinistral 3BMistral Medium 3.1
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMistral AIMistral AI
ReleasedUnknownAug 2025

Ministral 3B Modalities

Input
Output

Mistral Medium 3.1 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

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.
Mistral Medium 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 18.3, compared to Ministral 3B's score of 4.8.
Ministral 3B has a 128,000 token context window, while Mistral Medium 3.1 has a 131,072 token context window.
Ministral 3B does not support vision. Mistral Medium 3.1 supports vision.