Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) vs Qwen3 32B Comparison

Comparing Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) and Qwen3 32B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3 32B is better at 1 benchmark (Arena Hard).

Qwen3 32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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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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Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.30
Best providerDeepinfra
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

29.8B diff

Qwen3 32B has 29.8B more parameters than Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512), making it 993.3% larger.

Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)
3.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
32.8Bparameters
3.0B
Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)
32.8B
Qwen3 32B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3 32B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Qwen3 32B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3 32B does not.

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

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 32B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3 32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) was released on 2025-12-04, while Qwen3 32B was released on 2025-04-29.

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) is 7 months newer than Qwen3 32B.

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

3 months ago

7mo newer
Qwen3 32B

Apr 29, 2025

10 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

Supports multimodal inputs
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3 32B

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher Arena Hard score (93.8% vs 30.5%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B