Which is cheaper, Ministral 3 14B 2512 or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, at $0.58 per million tokens against $0.80 for Ministral 3 14B 2512, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Ministral 3 14B 2512: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.80 is the number to beat. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: $0.58 at TrustedRouter.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 4 providers sell both: Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.

Which holds more context?

Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

Ministral 3 14B 2512 vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Ministral 3 14B 2512 and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.

Mistral AI

Ministral 3 14B 2512

$0.80/M tokens

Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.132 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

Alibaba Cloud

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

$0.58/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at TrustedRouter · $0.057 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

TrustedRouter ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.20/M

$0.12/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.20/M

$0.46/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

$0.58/M at TrustedRouter

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.80/M

$0.81/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.132

$0.057

Context

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

Released

2 Dec 2025

14 Oct 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

not stated

Providers selling both · 4

Eden AI$0.80 / $0.81
Kilo Gateway$0.80 / $0.81
Nous Portal$0.80 / $0.81
OpenRouter$0.80 / $0.81

Ministral 3 14B 2512 then Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Ministral 3 14B 2512Cortecs$0.23 / $0.23 $0.25 / $0.257% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Ministral 3 14B 2512Nous Portal$0.16 / $0.16 $0.20 / $0.2025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3 VL 8B InstructNous Portal$0.09 / $0.36 $0.12 / $0.4625% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Ministral 3 14B 2512 or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, at $0.58 per million tokens against $0.80 for Ministral 3 14B 2512, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Ministral 3 14B 2512: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.80 is the number to beat. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: $0.58 at TrustedRouter.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 4 providers sell both: Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
Which holds more context?: Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

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.