Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 63.3% across 11 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MT-Bench (83.0%), Winogrande (75.3%), ARC-C (71.9%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. Released in 2024, it represents Mistral AI's latest advancement in AI technology.

Alibaba

Qwen3 235B A22B

Alibaba

Qwen3 235B A22B is a language model developed by Alibaba. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 76.2% across 23 benchmarks. It excels particularly in Arena Hard (95.6%), GSM8k (94.4%), BBH (88.9%). The model shows particular specialization in math tasks with an average performance of 83.3%. It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Alibaba's latest advancement in AI technology.

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral AI

2024-10-16

Alibaba

Qwen3 235B A22B

Alibaba

2025-04-29

6 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Input:$0.10
Output:$0.10
Alibaba

Qwen3 235B A22B

Input:$0.10
Output:$0.10

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:8.0B
Alibaba

Qwen3 235B A22B

Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:235.0B

Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Average Score:63.5%
Alibaba

Qwen3 235B A22B

+21.6%
Average Score:85.1%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

math
54.5%
roleplay
+5.9%
83.0%
code
51.0%
general
64.7%
Alibaba

Qwen3 235B A22B

math
+28.8%
83.3%
roleplay
77.1%
code
+25.5%
76.6%
general
+10.0%
74.8%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

1 providers

Mistral AI

Throughput: 0.1 tok/s
Latency: 0.18ms
Alibaba

Qwen3 235B A22B

4 providers

Together

Throughput: 23.74 tok/s
Latency: 0.79ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 21.74 tok/s
Latency: 1.23ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 68.17 tok/s
Latency: 0.78ms

Novita

Throughput: 38.51 tok/s
Latency: 1.02ms
Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Avg Score:63.5%
Providers:1
Alibaba

Qwen3 235B A22B

+21.6%
Avg Score:85.1%
Providers:4