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GPT-5.4 Nano vs Ministral 3 3B 2512

List-price comparison ·GPT-5.4 Nano details ·Ministral 3 3B 2512 details

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For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Ministral 3 3B 2512 is the cheapest — 78% less than the priciest here ($16.00/mo vs $74.00/mo).

 GPT-5.4 NanoMinistral 3 3B 2512
Input / 1M tokens$0.200$0.100
Output / 1M tokens$1.25$0.100
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0007$0.0002
Context window400k tokens131,072 tokens
Max output128k tokens104,857 tokens
Quality score62/10058/100
TierFlashFlash
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI

Projected monthly cost

Requests / moGPT-5.4 NanoMinistral 3 3B 2512
1,000$0.74$0.16
10,000$7.40$1.60
100,000$74.00$16.00
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GPT-5.4 Nano

Cheapest OpenAI option for high-throughput classification, tagging, and routing — ideal as a first-pass filter before a stronger model.

Limited reasoning depth means it should be treated as a triage layer, not a final answer source, for anything business-critical.

Ministral 3 3B 2512

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