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 30B A3B

Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B is a language model developed by Alibaba. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 73.3% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in Arena Hard (91.0%), AIME 2024 (80.4%), LiveBench (74.3%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 3 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 30B A3B

Alibaba

2025-04-29

6 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

$0.20 cheaper
Input:$0.10
Output:$0.10
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

Input:$0.10
Output:$0.30

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:8.0B
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:30.5B

Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Average Score:70.9%
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

+20.1%
Average Score:91.0%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

roleplay
+8.7%
83.0%
general
64.7%
code
51.0%
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

roleplay
74.3%
general
+10.2%
74.9%
code
+11.6%
62.6%
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 30B A3B

3 providers

DeepInfra

Throughput: 82.57 tok/s
Latency: 0.84ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 122.4 tok/s
Latency: 0.66ms

Novita

Throughput: 88.84 tok/s
Latency: 0.73ms
Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Avg Score:70.9%
Providers:1
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

+20.1%
Avg Score:91.0%
Providers:3