Ministral 3 8B vs Quasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2)

Ministral 3 8B vs Quasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MistralMinistral 3 8BOff the frontier
Intelligence
5.50
Total cost
$27.5
Multiverse ComputingQuasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
26.70
Total cost
-
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.

MetricMinistral 3 8BQuasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)5.526.7+385.5% Quasar 438B (Max, Bas… is 4.9× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$27.47Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)5.40s15.88s+194.1% Quasar 438B (Max, Bas… is 194.1% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.15 / $0.15$0.11 / $0.33
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