Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) vs Ministral 3 8B

Which is better for the money: Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) by Google or Ministral 3 8B by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.

Clear winner

GoogleGemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)On the open-weights frontier

Intelligence: 8.90
Total cost: $14.7

MistralMinistral 3 8BOff the frontier

Intelligence: 5.50
Total cost: $27.5

Verdict

Pick Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)

Ministral 3 8B vs Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning): 38.2% less intelligence, 87.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 90.6% faster end-to-end.

Metric	Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)	Ministral 3 8B	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	8.9	5.5	−38.2% Ministral 3 8B is 38.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$14.68	$27.47	+87.1% Ministral 3 8B is 87.1% more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	57.75s	5.40s	−90.6% Ministral 3 8B is 90.6% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.02 / $0.10	$0.15 / $0.15
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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.
Ministral 3 8B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.

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