Ministral 3 14B vs Muse Wonder (Max)
Which is better for the money: Ministral 3 14B by Mistral or Muse Wonder (Max) by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Muse Wonder (Max) scores 46.4 points higher (52.4 vs 6.0) but costs 154× as much to run the benchmark ($5787 vs $37.6; flagship vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Muse Wonder (Max) when you need intelligence above 6.0, and Ministral 3 14B when 6.0 is enough.
| Metric | Ministral 3 14B | Muse Wonder (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 6.0 | 52.4 | +773.3% Muse Wonder (Max) is 8.7× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $37.56 | $5,786.78 | +15306.8% Muse Wonder (Max) is 154× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 8.05s | 45.32s | +463.0% Muse Wonder (Max) is 463.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.20 / $0.20 | $4.00 / $20.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Speech, Video |
Muse Wonder (Max) vs Ministral 3 14B: 773.3% more intelligence, 15306.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 463.0% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Ministral 3 14B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.
- Muse Wonder (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
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