Compare/Ministral 3 3B vs Llama 3.2 Instruct 1B

Ministral 3 3BvsLlama 3.2 Instruct 1B

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Mistral

Ministral 3 3B

Input
$0.1/M
Output
$0.1/M
Speed
301 tok/s
TTFT
0.26s
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Llama 3.2 Instruct 1B

Input
$0.1/M
Output
$0.1/M
Speed
91 tok/s
TTFT
0.42s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
Ministral 3 3B
Lower Latency
Ministral 3 3B
Benchmarks (9-1)
Ministral 3 3B

Pricing Comparison

MetricMinistral 3 3BLlama 3.2 Instruct 1B
Input ($/M tokens)$0.1$0.1
Output ($/M tokens)$0.1$0.1
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Ministral 3 3B$0.11
Llama 3.2 Instruct 1B$0.11

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Ministral 3 3B
301 tok/s
Llama 3.2 Instruct 1B
91 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Ministral 3 3B
0.26s
Llama 3.2 Instruct 1B
0.42s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
11.26.3
Coding Index
4.80.6
Math Index
22.00.0
GPQA Diamond
35.8%19.6%
MMLU-Pro
52.4%20.0%
LiveCodeBench
24.7%1.9%
AIME 2025
22.0%0.0%
MATH-500
14.0%
Humanity's Last Exam
5.3%5.3%
SciCode
14.4%1.7%
IFBench
26.8%22.8%
TerminalBench
0.0%0.0%
Ministral 3 3B9 wins
1 winsLlama 3.2 Instruct 1B

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Ministral 3 3B or Llama 3.2 Instruct 1B?

Both models have similar pricing. Check the detailed breakdown above for input vs output token costs.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Ministral 3 3B wins 9 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Llama 3.2 Instruct 1B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Ministral 3 3B generates tokens faster at 301 tok/s vs 91 tok/s. Ministral 3 3B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.26s vs 0.42s).

When should I use Ministral 3 3B vs Llama 3.2 Instruct 1B?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, Ministral 3 3B for stronger benchmark performance, and Ministral 3 3B for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.