ERNIE 5.1 vs Ministral 3 3B Base 2512

This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both ERNIE 5.1 and Ministral 3 3B Base 2512, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.

Only ERNIE 5.1 has a directly sourced input price: $4.00 per million tokens. Only ERNIE 5.1 has a directly sourced output price: $18.00 per million tokens.

Ministral 3 3B Base 2512 has the larger sourced context window. ERNIE 5.1 supports 131K and Ministral 3 3B Base 2512 supports 262K.

There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.

Ministral 3 3B Base 2512 is the only model in this pair currently marked as self-hostable. ERNIE 5.1 is not marked open weight; Ministral 3 3B Base 2512 is open weight.

ERNIE 5.1 is not documented with image input; Ministral 3 3B Base 2512 is documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.

Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. ERNIE 5.1 is 66K and Ministral 3 3B Base 2512 is —.

ERNIE 5.1: reasoning and tool calling. Ministral 3 3B Base 2512: image input. Feature support does not establish relative quality.

ERNIE 5.1 has 1 sourced provider route; Ministral 3 3B Base 2512 has 0, so ERNIE 5.1 has broader tracked availability.

There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.