Compare/Ministral 3 8B vs Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)

Ministral 3 8BvsLlama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)

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

Mistral

Ministral 3 8B

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.15/M
Speed
192 tok/s
TTFT
0.28s
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Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)

Input
$0.16/M
Output
$0.16/M
Speed
81 tok/s
TTFT
0.37s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Ministral 3 8B
Faster (tok/s)
Ministral 3 8B
Lower Latency
Ministral 3 8B
Benchmarks (9-3)
Ministral 3 8B

Pricing Comparison

MetricMinistral 3 8BLlama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.15$0.16
Output ($/M tokens)$0.15$0.16
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Ministral 3 8B$0.16
Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)$0.18

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Ministral 3 8B
192 tok/s
Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)
81 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Ministral 3 8B
0.28s
Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)
0.37s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
14.88.7
Coding Index
10.04.3
Math Index
31.71.7
GPQA Diamond
47.1%22.1%
MMLU-Pro
64.2%46.4%
LiveCodeBench
30.3%11.0%
AIME 2025
31.7%1.7%
MATH-500
51.6%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.3%5.2%
SciCode
20.8%11.2%
IFBench
29.1%30.4%
TerminalBench
4.5%0.8%
Ministral 3 8B9 wins
3 winsLlama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Ministral 3 8B or Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)?

Ministral 3 8B is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.15/M tokens vs $0.16/M for Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Ministral 3 8B wins 9 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 3 for Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Ministral 3 8B generates tokens faster at 192 tok/s vs 81 tok/s. Ministral 3 8B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.28s vs 0.37s).

When should I use Ministral 3 8B vs Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)?

Choose based on your priorities: Ministral 3 8B for lower cost, Ministral 3 8B for stronger benchmark performance, and Ministral 3 8B for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.