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Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) vs Muse Ember

Muse Ember leads the LLM Stats Score 45.9 to -1.6.

Mistral AI · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Muse Ember leads the overall LLM Stats Score 45.9 to -1.6, ranking #47 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Muse Ember

  • overall performance matters — it scores 45.9 and ranks #47 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
Mistral AI
Muse Ember
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-1.6
#381
45.9
#47
Reasoning
-1.7
#374
48.1
#24
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.50 / M
Context window
—
1,048,576

Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) · 6 for Muse Ember

No common benchmarks found

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Muse Emberdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Muse Ember specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Muse Ember specifies output context (524,288 tokens).

Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Muse Ember
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output524,288 tokens
Sun Nov 15 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Muse Ember support multimodal inputs.

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

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Muse Ember

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Muse Ember uses a proprietary license.

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

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Muse Ember

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) was released on 2025-12-04, while Muse Ember was released on 2026-11-09.

Muse Ember is 11 months newer than Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512).

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

11 months ago

Muse Ember

Nov 9, 2026

3 days ago

11mo newer

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

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Muse Ember side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
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Muse Ember
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FAQ

Common questions about Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) vs Muse Ember.

Which is better, Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) or Muse Ember?

Muse Ember leads the LLM Stats Score 45.9 to -1.6. Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) is made by Mistral AI and Muse Ember is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) compare to Muse Ember in benchmarks?

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) scores MMLU-Redux: 79.3%, MMLU: 76.1%, Multilingual MMLU: 70.6%, TriviaQA: 68.1%, MATH (CoT): 62.6%. Muse Ember scores PerceptionBench: 80.6%, OSWorld 2.1 (partial): 69.5%, Agents' Last Exam: 61.6%, Personal Superintelligence Index: 46.8%, Terminal-Bench 4.0: 40.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Muse Ember?

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) supports an unknown number of tokens and Muse Ember supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Muse Ember?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-1.6 vs 45.9), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Muse Ember?

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) is developed by Mistral AI and Muse Ember is developed by Meta.

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