Head to head
Qwen3.5-9BvsMinistral 3 8B 2512
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Ministral 3 8B 2512 costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Qwen3.5-9B at $0.0038 — ▼ 44x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $0.75 a month.
On output token price alone Qwen3.5-9B looks 1.0x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Qwen3.5-9B and Ministral 3 8B 2512| Figure | Qwen3.5-9B | Ministral 3 8B 2512 |
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| Input $/Mtok | $0.1 | $0.15 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $0.15 | $0.15 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.1 | $0.015 |
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| Pass rate | 28% | 42% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.0038measured | $0.0001measured |
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| Cost per month | $0.77 | $0.02 |
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Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker
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