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Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 wins on more metrics (7 of 9), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.

MetricMistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711
Intelligence Index14.814.4
Coding Index10.010.5
GPQA Diamond47%54%
Design Arena Elo11121095
Speed (tokens/sec)1912
Latency249ms1.5s
Input price /M$0.150$0.570
Output price /M$0.150$2.30
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