Data verified: Aug 15, 2026, 11:13 AM · Prices sourced from official provider pages. Verify current rates before production use.
Data verified: Aug 15, 2026, 11:13 AM · Prices sourced from official provider pages. Verify current rates before production use.
Price, context and performance head to head. Data synced from the provider catalog.
Cheaper
Ministral 3 8B 2512
Larger context
Tied
Faster
Ministral 3 8B 2512
Higher quality
Qwen3.6 27B
| Feature | Ministral 3 8B 2512 | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral | Qwen |
| Tier | Budget | Mid-tier |
| Input per 1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.6 |
| Output per 1M tokens | $0.15 | $3.6 |
| Cached input per 1M | $0.015 | $0.12 |
| Context window | 262.1K | 262.1K |
| Intelligence index | 9/100 | 38/100 |
| Coding index | 10/100 | 54/100 |
| Agentic index | 1/100 | 28/100 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 1 |
| Tau-bench (airline) | — | 1 |
| Speed | Fast | Standard |
| Vision (image input) | Yes | Yes |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Batch API | No | No |
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Ministral 3 8B 2512 saves $11.7/mo vs Qwen3.6 27B
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A token is the unit an AI model processes: usually between half a word and a full word. Rule of thumb: 1,000 tokens ≈ 750 English words. A 20-word sentence is about 26 tokens; a 300-word email is around 400. Models charge for input tokens (your prompt) and output tokens (their answer) separately.