Ministral 3 8B vs Muse Wonder (Max)
Which is better for the money: Ministral 3 8B by Mistral or Muse Wonder (Max) by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Muse Wonder (Max) scores 46.9 points higher (52.4 vs 5.5) but costs 211× as much to run the benchmark ($5787 vs $27.5; flagship vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Muse Wonder (Max) when you need intelligence above 5.5, and Ministral 3 8B when 5.5 is enough.
| Metric | Ministral 3 8B | Muse Wonder (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 5.5 | 52.4 | +852.7% Muse Wonder (Max) is 9.5× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $27.47 | $5,786.78 | +20965.8% Muse Wonder (Max) is 211× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 5.40s | 41.43s | +667.2% Muse Wonder (Max) is 667.2% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.15 / $0.15 | $4.00 / $20.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Speech, Video |
Muse Wonder (Max) vs Ministral 3 8B: 852.7% more intelligence, 20965.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 667.2% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Ministral 3 8B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.
- 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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