Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512) vs Qwen2 72B Instruct Comparison

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512) outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Qwen2 72B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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Lowest available price from all providers
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Mistral AI
Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512)
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.10
Best providerMistral
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

69.0B diff

Qwen2 72B Instruct has 69.0B more parameters than Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512), making it 2300.0% larger.

Mistral AI
Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512)
3.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
3.0B
Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512)
72.0B
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512) specifies input context (131,100 tokens). Only Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512) specifies output context (131,100 tokens).

Mistral AI
Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512)
Input131,100 tokens
Output131,100 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2 72B Instruct does not.

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

Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512) is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512) was released on 2025-12-04, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512) is 17 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

3 months ago

1.4yr newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.6 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

Larger context window (131,100 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (53.4% vs 42.4%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2 72B Instruct

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