Head to head
Seed 1.6 FlashvsMinistral 8B
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Ministral 8B costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Seed 1.6 Flash at $0.0013 — ▼ 13x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $0.24 a month.
On output token price alone Ministral 8B looks 2.7x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Seed 1.6 Flash and Ministral 8B| Figure | Seed 1.6 Flash | Ministral 8B |
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| Input $/Mtok | $0.075 | $0.11 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $0.3 | $0.11 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.075 | $0.11 |
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| Pass rate | 75% | 25% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.0013measured | $0.0001measured |
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| Cost per month | $0.26 | $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