ResearchLLM Verifications Leaderboard

Data as of · 78 models, 80 questions · reviewed by Suhas Bhairav · methodology

Head to head · tested 27 Oct 2026

Ministral 3 3B 2512 vs Nova Micro 1.0: accuracy, speed and price

Similar accuracy; Nova Micro 1.0 costs less per question.

MistralMinistral 3 3B 251226.2% score · #67$0.00019 per question252 tok/sAmazonNova Micro 1.022.5% score · #70$0.000087 per question180 tok/s

Verdict

Built from the measurements below

  • Accuracy is too close to call: Ministral 3 3B 2512 scored 26.2% and Nova Micro 1.0 22.5% on the same 80 questions, a gap within what chance alone could produce.
  • Nova Micro 1.0 is 2.2× cheaper per question as billed ($0.000087 vs $0.00019), reasoning tokens included.
  • Ministral 3 3B 2512 generates text 1.4× faster: 252 tokens per second against 180.
  • Ministral 3 3B 2512 starts answering sooner: 0.3 s to the first token, against 0.5 s for Nova Micro 1.0.

Which should you choose?

Choose Ministral 3 3B 2512 for faster streaming, a quicker first token and open weights you can run yourself. Choose Nova Micro 1.0 for the lower cost per correct answer ($0.00039 against $0.00074) and shorter outputs (about 545 tokens per question against 1,652). The widest subject gap is in economics: Nova Micro 1.0 answered 6 of 9 correctly, Ministral 3 3B 2512 4 of 9. With so few questions per subject, treat this as a lead to test on your own prompts, not a result.

Accuracy gap +3.8 points (z = 0.55). A winner is called only when z is at least 1.96, the usual 95% threshold. Speed, latency and price need a 10% margin.

Head to head

Same questions, same prompt, same API

MeasureMinistral 3 3B 2512Nova Micro 1.0Edge
Verification scoreHigher is better26.2%22.5%Too close to call
Cost per questionLower is better$0.00019$0.000087Nova Micro 1.0
Output speedHigher is better252180Ministral 3 3B 2512
Time to first tokenLower is better0.3 s0.5 sMinistral 3 3B 2512
End-to-end response timeLower is better1.6 s2.1 sMinistral 3 3B 2512
Tokens per questionLower is better1,652545Nova Micro 1.0
Context windowHigher is better131k128kSimilar

Side by side

Bars are scaled to the larger of the two values. The winner on each measure is marked in bold.

Every measure

Ministral 3 3B 2512 first, Nova Micro 1.0 second

Verification scorehigher is better
Ministral 3 3B 251226.2%
Nova Micro 1.022.5%
Cost per questionlower is better
Ministral 3 3B 2512$0.00019
Nova Micro 1.0$0.000087
Output speedhigher is better
Ministral 3 3B 2512252
Nova Micro 1.0180
Time to first tokenlower is better
Ministral 3 3B 25120.3 s
Nova Micro 1.00.5 s
End-to-end response timelower is better
Ministral 3 3B 25121.6 s
Nova Micro 1.02.1 s
Tokens per questionlower is better
Ministral 3 3B 25121,652
Nova Micro 1.0545
Context windowhigher is better
Ministral 3 3B 2512131k
Nova Micro 1.0128k

Score vs. cost per question

Both models in color, every other model in grey

Most attractive quadrant0255075100$0.00001$0.0001$0.001$0.01$0.10Cost per question (USD, log) →Verification score (%) →Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BCommand AReka Flash 3Gemma 4 26B A4BGemma 4 31BQwen3.5 397B A17BHermes 4 405BMuse WonderGrok 4.7o3gpt-oss-20bGranite 4.0 MicroMinistral 3 3B 2512Nova Micro 1.0Phi 4Granite 4.2 8BHy3GLM 5.3 FlashSolar Pro 4MiniMax M3Mistral Large 4Claude Opus 5.5GPT-6.1 SolGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.4GPT-6 Lunagpt-oss-120bLlama 4 Maverick

Specifications and pricing

From OpenRouter's catalogue, plus the leaderboard's test dates

SpecificationMinistral 3 3B 2512Nova Micro 1.0
CreatorMistralAmazon
Released2 Dec 20255 Dec 2024
WeightsOpen weights—
ReasoningNoNo
Inputtext, imagetext
Outputtexttext
Context window131k tokens128k tokens
Knowledge cutoff—31 Oct 2024
List price in / out per 1M$0.1 / $0.1$0.035 / $0.14
Blended price per 1M (3:1)$0.10$0.06
Cheapest hostMistral · $0.1 / $0.1Amazon Bedrock · $0.035 / $0.14
Hosts on OpenRouter11
Last tested26 Oct 202626 Oct 2026

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Ministral 3 3B 2512 vs Nova Micro 1.0: frequently asked questions

Is Ministral 3 3B 2512 better than Nova Micro 1.0?
On accuracy they are statistically tied: Ministral 3 3B 2512 scored 26.2% and Nova Micro 1.0 22.5% on the same 80 questions from open datasets. Similar accuracy; Nova Micro 1.0 costs less per question.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 3 3B 2512 or Nova Micro 1.0?
Nova Micro 1.0 is cheaper: $0.000087 per question as billed, against $0.00019. List prices: Ministral 3 3B 2512 $0.1 in / $0.1 out, Nova Micro 1.0 $0.035 in / $0.14 out per million tokens.
Which is faster, Ministral 3 3B 2512 or Nova Micro 1.0?
Ministral 3 3B 2512 is faster at 252 output tokens per second, against 180. Time to first token: 0.3 s for Ministral 3 3B 2512, 0.5 s for Nova Micro 1.0.
Which has the larger context window, Ministral 3 3B 2512 or Nova Micro 1.0?
Both accept about the same amount of context: 131k and 128k tokens.