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Mistral AIMinistral 3 3B (Instruct)VSMoonshot AI (Kimi)Kimi K3

Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|Updated: June 2026

Our Take

Standardized reasoning and coding benchmarks are currently pending verification for one or both of these models. We recommend testing Ministral 3 3B (Instruct) and Kimi K3 directly in their respective provider playgrounds to see which fits your specific prompt styles best.
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Model Specs

Ministral 3 3B (Instruct)

Open SourceAPI Available

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A

excellent at multi-file repositories, autonomous agents, and industrial codebases

Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
N/A

graduate-level science QA

Cost & Context

Cost (per 1M tokens)17.1x cheaper
$0.10Input: $0.10 | Output: $0.10
Context Window
262.14k tokens
Model Specs

Kimi K3

Open SourceAPI Available

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A

excellent at multi-file repositories, autonomous agents, and industrial codebases

Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
93.5%

graduate-level science QA

Cost & Context

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$1.71Input: $0.95 | Output: $4.00
Context Window
262.14k tokens

Frequently Asked Questions about Ministral 3 3B (Instruct) vs Kimi K3

Ministral 3 3B (Instruct) is cheaper than Kimi K3. Ministral 3 3B (Instruct) has a blended cost of $0.10/1M tokens, which is about 17.1x cheaper than Kimi K3 at $1.71/1M tokens.

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