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Ministral 3B vs GPT-5.2 Pro

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

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Ministral 3B
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
Ministral 3B

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMinistral 3BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.04$10.50 Ministral 3B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.04$84.00 Ministral 3B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Ministral 3B is 100% cheaper overall.

Ministral 3B Providers

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GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Ministral 3B Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMinistral 3BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
11.251.3
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
4.848.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
22.099.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
52.487.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
35.890.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
24.788.9
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Ministral 3B
128,000
tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 68% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricMinistral 3BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/second272.5 tok/s75.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.26s74.91s
Ministral 3B responds 262% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMinistral 3BGPT-5.2 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMinistral 3BGPT-5.2 Pro
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMistral AIOpenAI
ReleasedUnknownDec 2025

Ministral 3B Modalities

Input
Output

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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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.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to Ministral 3B's score of 4.8.
Ministral 3B has a 128,000 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
Ministral 3B does not support vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.