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LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Ministral 8B Instruct

Comparing LFM2.5-VL-3B and Ministral 8B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Liquid AI · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM2.5-VL-3B and Ministral 8B Instruct trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose LFM2.5-VL-3B

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Ministral 8B Instruct

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
Liquid AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Context window
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128,000
Released
Aug 2026
Oct 2024
License
LFM Open License v1.0
Mistral Research License

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

LFM2.5-VL-3B and Ministral 8B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

4.9B diff

Ministral 8B Instruct has 4.9B more parameters than LFM2.5-VL-3B, making it 156.8% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
3.1Bparameters
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
3.1B
LFM2.5-VL-3B
8.0B
Ministral 8B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Ministral 8B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Ministral 8B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ministral 8B Instruct does not.

LFM2.5-VL-3B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ministral 8B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM2.5-VL-3B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while Ministral 8B Instruct uses Mistral Research License.

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

LFM2.5-VL-3B

LFM Open License v1.0

Open weights

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM2.5-VL-3B was released on 2026-08-12, while Ministral 8B Instruct was released on 2024-10-16.

LFM2.5-VL-3B is 22 months newer than Ministral 8B Instruct.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Aug 12, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.8yr newer
Ministral 8B Instruct

Oct 16, 2024

1.9 years 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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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM2.5-VL-3B and Ministral 8B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
✓ Preferred
Ministral 8B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Ministral 8B Instruct.

Which is better, LFM2.5-VL-3B or Ministral 8B Instruct?

LFM2.5-VL-3B (Liquid AI) and Ministral 8B Instruct (Mistral AI) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does LFM2.5-VL-3B compare to Ministral 8B Instruct in benchmarks?

LFM2.5-VL-3B scores DocVQA: 91.1%, POPE: 88.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 87.9%, TextVQA: 84.3%, OCRBench: 84.2%. Ministral 8B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 83.0%, Winogrande: 75.3%, ARC-C: 71.9%, Arena Hard: 70.9%, MBPP pass@1: 70.0%.

What are the context window sizes for LFM2.5-VL-3B and Ministral 8B Instruct?

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports an unknown number of tokens and Ministral 8B Instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between LFM2.5-VL-3B and Ministral 8B Instruct?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM2.5-VL-3B and Ministral 8B Instruct?

LFM2.5-VL-3B is developed by Liquid AI and Ministral 8B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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