Ministral 3 3B vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Mistral AI vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the higher intelligence index (89.3 vs 33.7)
- •Ministral 3 3B is cheaper ($0.10 vs $0.39 per 1M input)
- •Ministral 3 3B is faster
- •Qwen3.5 397B A17B has a larger context window (262K)
| Ministral 3 3B | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 33.7 | 89.3 |
| Developer | Mistral AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | Open weights |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $0.10 / 1M | $0.39 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.10 / 1M | $2.34 / 1M |
| Speed | 154 tok/s | 53 tok/s |
| Released | December 2, 2025 | February 16, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Ministral 3 3B
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
GPQA Diamond
35.8
89.3
Humanity’s Last Exam
5.3
27.3