Which is cheaper, Ling 3.0 Flash or Ministral 3B (latest)?

Ling 3.0 Flash, at $0.13 per million tokens against $0.16 for Ministral 3B (latest), three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Ling 3.0 Flash: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.13 is the number to beat. Ministral 3B (latest): nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.16 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 8 providers sell both: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.

Which holds more context?

Ling 3.0 Flash, at 262k tokens against 128k.

Ling 3.0 Flash vs Ministral 3B (latest).

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Ling 3.0 Flash takes 3 of 5 rounds against Ministral 3B (latest). It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.13 per million tokens against $0.16.

InclusionAIwins 3 rounds

Ling 3.0 Flash

$0.13/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.0164 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · open weights

Mistral AI

Ministral 3B (latest)

$0.16/M tokens

Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.0264 per 1,000 pages

128k context · tool calling · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.02/M

$0.04/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.06/M

$0.04/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.13/M

$0.16/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0164

$0.0264

Context

262k tokens

128k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

not stated

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

23 Jul 2026

1 Oct 2024

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 8

Nous Portal$0.13 / $0.40
OpenRouter$0.13 / $0.40
Vercel AI Gateway$0.13 / $0.40
Eden AI$0.36 / $0.40
Kilo Gateway$0.36 / $0.40
LLM Gateway$0.36 / $0.40
LLMTR$0.36 / $0.40
NanoGPT$0.45 / $0.40

Ling 3.0 Flash then Ministral 3B (latest), per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Ling 3.0 FlashNous Portal$0.02 / $0.05 $0.02 / $0.0625% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Ling 3.0 FlashVercel AI Gateway$0.06 / $0.18 $0.02 / $0.0665% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Ministral 3B (latest)Cortecs$0.12 / $0.12 $0.13 / $0.1310% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Ministral 3B (latest)Nous Portal$0.08 / $0.08 $0.10 / $0.1025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Ling 3.0 Flash or Ministral 3B (latest)?: Ling 3.0 Flash, at $0.13 per million tokens against $0.16 for Ministral 3B (latest), three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Ling 3.0 Flash: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.13 is the number to beat. Ministral 3B (latest): nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.16 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 8 providers sell both: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
Which holds more context?: Ling 3.0 Flash, at 262k tokens against 128k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.