Head to head
Ministral 8BvsQwen2.5 72B Instruct
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Ministral 8B costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct at $0.0002 — ▼ 1.6x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $0.01 a month.
On output token price alone Ministral 8B looks 3.6x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Ministral 8B and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct| Figure | Ministral 8B | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
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| Input $/Mtok | $0.11 | $0.36 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $0.11 | $0.4 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.11 | $0.36 |
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| Pass rate | 25% | 53% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.0001measured | $0.0002measured |
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| Cost per month | $0.02 | $0.03 |
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Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker
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