Model Comparison

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) vs Qwen2 7B Instruct

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMLU), while Qwen2 7B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) 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 (8B Base 2512)
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

380.0M diff

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) has 0.4B more parameters than Qwen2 7B Instruct, making it 5.0% larger.

Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
8.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
7.6Bparameters
8.0B
Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
7.6B
Qwen2 7B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2 7B Instruct 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

Qwen2 7B 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 (8B Base 2512)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) was released on 2025-12-04, while Qwen2 7B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) is 17 months newer than Qwen2 7B Instruct.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

4 months ago

1.4yr newer
Qwen2 7B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.7 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Supports multimodal inputs
Higher MMLU score (76.1% vs 70.5%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2 7B Instruct

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Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) vs Qwen2 7B Instruct

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) is made by Mistral AI and Qwen2 7B 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 (8B Base 2512) scores MMLU-Redux: 79.3%, MMLU: 76.1%, Multilingual MMLU: 70.6%, TriviaQA: 68.1%, MATH (CoT): 62.6%. Qwen2 7B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 84.1%, GSM8k: 82.3%, HumanEval: 79.9%, C-Eval: 77.2%, AlignBench: 72.1%.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen2 7B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.