Model Comparison

Claude Opus 4.6 vs Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512)

Comparing Claude Opus 4.6 and Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512) across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Claude Opus 4.6 and Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512) don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Input tokens$5.00
Output tokens$25.00
Best providerAnthropic
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512)
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Opus 4.6 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 4.6 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude Opus 4.6 and Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512) support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude Opus 4.6

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4.6 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512) uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude Opus 4.6

Proprietary

Closed source

Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4.6 was released on 2026-02-05, while Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512) was released on 2025-12-04.

Claude Opus 4.6 is 2 months newer than Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512).

Claude Opus 4.6

Feb 5, 2026

2 months ago

2mo newer
Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

4 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Mistral AI
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512)

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4.6 vs Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512)

Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic) and Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512) (Mistral AI) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Claude Opus 4.6 scores Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, AIME 2025: 99.8%, Tau2 Telecom: 99.3%, Graphwalks parents >128k: 95.4%, MRCR v2 (8-needle): 93.0%. Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512) scores MATH: 87.6%, Wild Bench: 66.8%, Arena Hard: 50.9%, MM-MT-Bench: 8.1%.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports 1.0M tokens and Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512) supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude Opus 4.6 is developed by Anthropic and Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512) is developed by Mistral AI.