Claude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning) vs Ministral 3 3B

Claude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning) vs Ministral 3 3B. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
29.10
Total cost
-
MistralMinistral 3 3BOn the open-weights frontier
Intelligence
4.80
Total cost
$12.2
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning)Ministral 3 3BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)29.14.8−83.5% Ministral 3 3B is 83.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$12.23— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)22.94s3.06s−86.7% Ministral 3 3B is 86.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.10 / $0.10
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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