Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512) vs QwQ-32B Comparison
Comparing Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512) and QwQ-32B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512) outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2024, GPQA), while QwQ-32B is better at 1 benchmark (LiveCodeBench).
Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512) shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
QwQ-32B has 24.5B more parameters than Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512), making it 306.3% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512) specifies input context (262,100 tokens). Only Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512) specifies output context (262,100 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512) supports multimodal inputs, whereas QwQ-32B does not.
Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512)
QwQ-32B
License
Usage and distribution terms
Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.
Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512) was released on 2025-12-04, while QwQ-32B was released on 2025-03-05.
Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512) is 9 months newer than QwQ-32B.
Dec 4, 2025
3 months ago
9mo newerMar 5, 2025
1.0 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
QwQ-32B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512)'s cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm QwQ-32B's training data extends to 2024-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512)'s cutoff date.
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Nov 2024
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
QwQ-32B
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Detailed Comparison
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