Model Comparison

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen2 72B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MMLU).

Qwen2 72B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

58.0B diff

Qwen2 72B Instruct has 58.0B more parameters than Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512), making it 414.3% larger.

Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
14.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
14.0B
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
72.0B
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2 72B Instruct does not.

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) was released on 2025-12-04, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) is 17 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

4 months ago

1.4yr newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.7 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Supports multimodal inputs
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2 72B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher MMLU score (82.3% vs 79.4%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) is made by Mistral AI and Qwen2 72B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) scores MMLU-Redux: 82.0%, MMLU: 79.4%, TriviaQA: 74.9%, Multilingual MMLU: 74.2%, MATH (CoT): 67.6%. Qwen2 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.1%, CMMLU: 90.1%, HellaSwag: 87.6%, HumanEval: 86.0%, Winogrande: 85.1%.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen2 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.