Ministral 3 8B
By Mistral · released 2025-12-02 (10 months) · snapshot 2026-10-24
- Intelligence index
- 5.50
- Cost to run the AA index
- $27.5
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $0.15 / $0.15
- End-to-end time
- 5.40s
Is Ministral 3 8B on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
Off the frontier
No. GPT-6 Luna (Low) is at least as smart for the same money or less.
Next step up: GPT-6 Luna (Medium), smarter but dearer.
| # | Model | Creator | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E total | Open | Released | Frontier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ministral 3 8B | Mistral | 5.50 | $27.5 | 5.40s | 2025-12-02 | ||
| 2 | GPT-6 Luna (Low) | OpenAI | 21.50 | $10.6 | 6.60s | 2026-09-22 | Frontier | |
| 3 | GPT-6 Luna (Medium) | OpenAI | 29.90 | $31.2 | 8.25s | 2026-09-22 | Frontier |
Open in the picker Daily check URL: 200 on the frontier, 409 once beaten
Ministral 3 8B today
Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: ministral-3-8b.
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
What the Ministral 3 8B release did to the frontier on 2025-12-02
None of its 1 effort levels reached the frontier at launch.
Closest miss: Ministral 3 8B, 4.2 points below DeepSeek V3 0324 at 1.4× the cost.
Should you use Ministral 3 8B?
Should you use Ministral 3 8B?
Only when it fits your setup: GPT-6 Luna (Low) is at least as smart for the same money or less, so Ministral 3 8B is off the value frontier today.
What is better and cheaper than Ministral 3 8B?
GPT-6 Luna (Low) — at least as smart for the same money or less.
How much does Ministral 3 8B cost?
$0.15/$0.15 in/out per 1M tokens, and $27.5 to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.
Is Ministral 3 8B on the Pareto frontier?
No: GPT-6 Luna (Low) beats it on intelligence, cost, or both.
Frontier membership by axis pair
Other axis pairs where Ministral 3 8B is Pareto-optimal.
| Y axis | X axis | On the frontier |
|---|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | AA total cost to run (USD) | |
| AA intelligence index | End-to-end total seconds | |
| AA intelligence index | Output speed tokens/sec |
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