Model Comparison

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Comparing Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Ministral 3 (8B Base 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

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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
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

472.0B diff

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct has 472.0B more parameters than Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512), making it 5900.0% larger.

Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
8.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
480.0Bparameters
8.0B
Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
480.0B
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B 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

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 (8B Base 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 (8B Base 2512) was released on 2025-12-04, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) is 10 months newer than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.

Ministral 3 (8B Base 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.

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Mistral AI
Supports multimodal inputs
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512) vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Ministral 3 (8B Base 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 (8B Base 2512) scores MMLU-Redux: 79.3%, MMLU: 76.1%, Multilingual MMLU: 70.6%, TriviaQA: 68.1%, MATH (CoT): 62.6%. 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 (8B Base 2512) is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.