Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 vs Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) vs Granite-4.0-H-Micro
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) comes out ahead, 72 to 62 and 61 on our weighted score, though Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 is 43% cheaper per token.
Mistral AIVoxtral Mini 3B 2507
61/100- ECI—
- Price$0.04 / $0.04
- Context33K
- Our pick
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)
72/100- ECI—
- Price$0.022 / $0.215
- Context262K
IBMGranite-4.0-H-Micro
62/100- ECI—
- Price$0.018 / $0.115
- Context131K
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is our pick
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Granite-4.0-H-Micro (62) and Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 (61). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceVoxtral Mini 3B 2507Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 $0.04 · Granite-4.0-H-Micro $0.042 · Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) $0.07 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextQwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) 262,144 · Granite-4.0-H-Micro 131,072 · Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 32,768 tokens
- Widest inputsVoxtral Mini 3B 2507 and Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Voxtral Mini 3B 2507: Text, Audio · Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud): Text, Images · Granite-4.0-H-Micro: Text
- Self-hostingVoxtral Mini 3B 2507 and Granite-4.0-H-MicroPublishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 | Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) | Granite-4.0-H-Micro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 35 | 50 | 25 |
| Context window | 20% | 0 | 37 | 25 |
| Overall | 100% | 61/100 | 72/100 | 62/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Voxtral Mini 3B 2507Mistral AI | Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Alibaba (Qwen) | Granite-4.0-H-MicroIBM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.04 | $0.022 | $0.018 (best) |
| Output | $0.04 (best) | $0.215 | $0.115 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.04 (best) | $0.07 | $0.042 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 2 providers | Median of 1 providers | Median of 2 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 32,768 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 32,768 tokens | 32,768 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | Yes | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenApache 2.0 | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | — | — | — |
| API providers | 3 (best) | 1 | 2 |
| Released | Jul 15, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Voxtral Mini 3B 2507$0.48
- Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)$0.65
- Granite-4.0-H-Micro$0.405
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Voxtral Mini 3B 2507, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) or Granite-4.0-H-Micro?
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Granite-4.0-H-Micro (62) and Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 (61). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Voxtral Mini 3B 2507, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) or Granite-4.0-H-Micro?
Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 is cheaper at $0.04 input / $0.04 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). Granite-4.0-H-Micro costs $0.018 input / $0.115 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers); Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) costs $0.022 input / $0.215 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.04 per million tokens for Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 versus $0.042 for Granite-4.0-H-Micro (1× as much) and $0.07 for Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) (1.8× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 has not been scored yet, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) has not been scored yet and Granite-4.0-H-Micro has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Voxtral Mini 3B 2507, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) and Granite-4.0-H-Micro yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 131,072 for Granite-4.0-H-Micro and 32,768 for Voxtral Mini 3B 2507. Maximum output per response: Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 up to 32,768, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) up to 32,768, Granite-4.0-H-Micro up to 131,072 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 accepts text and audio; Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) accepts text and images; Granite-4.0-H-Micro accepts text. Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 and Granite-4.0-H-Micro publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is the newest, released Oct 15, 2025. Granite-4.0-H-Micro came out Oct 2, 2025; Voxtral Mini 3B 2507 came out Jul 15, 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
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