Ministral 3 3B vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Mistral AI vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher intelligence index (88.2 vs 33.7)
- •Ministral 3 3B is cheaper ($0.10 vs $0.33 per 1M input)
- •Ministral 3 3B is faster
- •Qwen3.6 Plus has a larger context window (1M)
| Ministral 3 3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 33.7 | 88.2 |
| Developer | Mistral AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.10 / 1M | $0.33 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.10 / 1M | $1.95 / 1M |
| Speed | 154 tok/s | 52 tok/s |
| Released | December 2, 2025 | April 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Ministral 3 3B
Qwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond
35.8
88.2
Humanity’s Last Exam
5.3
25.7