Head to head
Ministral 3 3B 2512vs SA Llama 3 8B LunarisFor light moderate heavy tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Ministral 3 3B 2512 costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Llama 3 8B Lunaris at $0.0001 — ▼ 1.1x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.00 a month.
On output token price alone Llama 3 8B Lunaris looks 2.0x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Ministral 3 3B 2512 and Llama 3 8B Lunaris Figure Ministral 3 3B 2512 Llama 3 8B Lunaris Input $/Mtok $0.1 $0.04 Output $/Mtok $0.1 $0.05 Cached input $/Mtok $0.01 $0.04 Pass rate 47% 17% Cost per solved task $0.0001 measured $0.0001 measured Cost per month $0.01 $0.01
Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker
Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Ministral 3 3B 2512 (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Llama 3 8B Lunaris (measured, $0.0001 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Ministral 3 3B 2512 · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.01 Ministral 3 3B 2512 MEASURED Llama 3 8B Lunaris · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.01 Llama 3 8B Lunaris MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Ministral 3 3B 2512 (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Llama 3 8B Lunaris (measured, $0.0001 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Ministral 3 3B 2512 · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.01 Llama 3 8B Lunaris · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.01 — Ministral 3 3B 2512 · MEASURED — Llama 3 8B Lunaris · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings