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Verdict · measured basis
Ministral 3 8B 2512 costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Ministral 8B at $0.0001 — ▼ 1.2x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.00 a month.
On output token price alone Ministral 8B looks 1.4x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Ministral 3 8B 2512 and Ministral 8B Figure Ministral 3 8B 2512 Ministral 8B Input $/Mtok $0.15 $0.11 Output $/Mtok $0.15 $0.11 Cached input $/Mtok $0.015 $0.11 Pass rate 42% 25% Cost per solved task $0.0001 measured $0.0001 measured Cost per month $0.02 $0.02
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Ministral 3 8B 2512 (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Ministral 8B (measured, $0.0001 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Ministral 3 8B 2512 · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Ministral 3 8B 2512 MEASURED Ministral 8B · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Ministral 8B MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Ministral 3 8B 2512 (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Ministral 8B (measured, $0.0001 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Ministral 3 8B 2512 · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Ministral 8B · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 — Ministral 3 8B 2512 · MEASURED — Ministral 8B · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings