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Ministral 8b Latest vs Qwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct

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 8b Latest

Image inputTool calling

Context window

262K

262,144 tokens · ~197K words

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Alibaba

Model

Qwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct

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 8b Latest262K
Qwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct262K

Same context window size for both models.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Ministral 8b Latest and Qwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct have identical context windows (262K tokens). Ministral 8b Latest is 48% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Ministral 8b Latest. Input tokens are 48% 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 8b LatestQwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct
Context window262,144 tokens (262K)262,144 tokens (262K)
Max output tokens262,144 tokens (262K)262,144 tokens (262K)
Speed tierFastBalanced
VisionYesNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/AN/A

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 8b Latest inMinistral 8b Latest outQwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct inQwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct out
Deepinfra——$0.290/M$1.20/M
Mistral$0.150/M$0.150/M——

Frequently asked questions

Qwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct 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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Example: a multi-turn chat session

Without Mem0~128K tokens sent
Full history
Repeated info
Old context
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Current turn

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