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Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) vs Nova Micro

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Nova Micro are closely matched at -1.1 and 2.4 on the LLM Stats Score.

Mistral AI · Amazon · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Nova Micro are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -1.1 and 2.4.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Nova Micro wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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

Choose Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Nova Micro

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
Mistral AI
Nova Micro
Amazon
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-1.1
#341
2.4
#322
Reasoning
-1.2
#335
1.7
#317
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 1
1 of 1
Input price
— / M
$0.03 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.14 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
Nova Micro
Math
4.2#287
9.2#256
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) · 17 for Nova Micro

1 shared

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Nova Micro is better at 1 benchmark (MMLU).

Nova Micro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Thu Oct 01 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Nova Micro specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Nova Micro specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Amazon
Nova Micro
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Thu Oct 01 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nova Micro does not.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nova Micro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Nova Micro 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

Nova Micro

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) was released on 2025-12-04, while Nova Micro was released on 2024-11-20.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) is 13 months newer than Nova Micro.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

10 months ago

1.0yr newer
Nova Micro

Nov 20, 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

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

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

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
✓ Preferred
Nova Micro
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FAQ

Common questions about Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) vs Nova Micro.

Which is better, Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) or Nova Micro?

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Nova Micro are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at -1.1 and 2.4. Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) is made by Mistral AI and Nova Micro is made by Amazon. 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 Nova Micro 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%. Nova Micro scores GSM8k: 92.3%, ARC-C: 90.2%, Translation Set1→en COMET22: 88.7%, Translation en→Set1 COMET22: 88.5%, IFEval: 87.2%.

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

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) supports an unknown number of tokens and Nova Micro 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 Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Nova Micro?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-1.1 vs 2.4), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Nova Micro?

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) is developed by Mistral AI and Nova Micro is developed by Amazon.

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