Model Comparison

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Comparing Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct 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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Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

477.0B diff

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct has 477.0B more parameters than Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512), making it 15900.0% larger.

Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)
3.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
480.0Bparameters
3.0B
Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)
480.0B
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct 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-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

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-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

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-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31.

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) is 10 months newer than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

4 months ago

10mo newer
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Jan 31, 2025

1.2 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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Key Takeaways

Supports multimodal inputs

Detailed Comparison

FAQ

Common questions about Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) (Mistral AI) and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) scores MATH: 83.0%, Wild Bench: 56.8%, Arena Hard: 30.5%, MM-MT-Bench: 7.8%. Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct scores TAU-bench Retail: 77.5%, SWE-Bench Verified: 69.6%, BFCL-v3: 68.7%, Aider-Polyglot: 61.8%, TAU-bench Airline: 60.0%.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512) is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.