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Ministral 3 8B 2512 vs Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Mistral

Model

Ministral 3 8B 2512

Image inputTool calling

Context window

262K

262,144 tokens · ~197K words

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Alibaba

Model

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Tool calling

Context window

262K

262,144 tokens · ~197K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Ministral 3 8B 2512262K
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507262K

Same context window size for both models.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Ministral 3 8B 2512 and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 have identical context windows (262K tokens). Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is 26% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507. Input tokens are 26% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecMinistral 3 8B 2512Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Context window262,144 tokens (262K)262,144 tokens (262K)
Max output tokens262,144 tokens (262K)262,144 tokens (262K)
Speed tierFastDeep
VisionYesNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoYes
Prompt cachingYesNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateDec 2025Jul 2025

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderMinistral 3 8B 2512 inMinistral 3 8B 2512 outQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 inQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 out
Deepinfra——$0.300/M$2.90/M
Fireworks——$0.220/M$0.880/M
Novita——$0.300/M$3.00/M
Openrouter$0.150/M$0.150/M$0.110/M$0.600/M
Together Ai——$0.650/M$3.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has a larger context window: 262K tokens vs 262K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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