GPT-5.6 Sol (Low) vs Ministral 3 3B

Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Sol (Low) by OpenAI or Ministral 3 3B by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-5.6 Sol (Low)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 33.50
Total cost: $637

MistralMinistral 3 3BOn the open-weights frontier

Intelligence: 4.80
Total cost: $12.2

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-5.6 Sol (Low) scores 28.7 points higher (33.5 vs 4.8) but costs 52× as much to run the benchmark ($637 vs $12.2; premium vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GPT-5.6 Sol (Low) when you need intelligence above 4.8, and Ministral 3 3B when 4.8 is enough.

Metric	GPT-5.6 Sol (Low)	Ministral 3 3B	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	33.5	4.8	−85.7% Ministral 3 3B is 85.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$637.28	$12.23	−98.1% Ministral 3 3B is 98.1% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	8.52s	3.13s	−63.3% Ministral 3 3B is 63.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$4.00 / $20.0	$0.10 / $0.10
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Ministral 3 3B vs GPT-5.6 Sol (Low): 85.7% less intelligence, 98.1% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 63.3% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-5.6 Sol (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
Ministral 3 3B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.

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