Ministral 3 8B vs Beam 1.0
Which is better for the money: Ministral 3 8B by Mistral or Beam 1.0 by Reflection? 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
Beam 1.0 scores 24.8 points higher (30.3 vs 5.5) but costs 12× as much to run the benchmark ($319 vs $27.5; mid-range vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Beam 1.0 when you need intelligence above 5.5, and Ministral 3 8B when 5.5 is enough.
| Metric | Ministral 3 8B | Beam 1.0 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 5.5 | 30.3 | +450.9% Beam 1.0 is 5.5× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $27.47 | $318.73 | +1060.3% Beam 1.0 is 12× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 5.40s | 8.02s | +48.5% Beam 1.0 is 48.5% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.15 / $0.15 | $0.40 / $1.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Beam 1.0 vs Ministral 3 8B: 450.9% more intelligence, 1060.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 48.5% 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.
- Beam 1.0 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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