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Ministral 8B

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Ministral 8B is Mistral AI's language model with a 262K context window and up to 4K output tokens, available from 3 providers, starting at $0.15 / 1M input and $0.15 / 1M output. Mistral AI's 8B-parameter Ministral model balancing efficiency and capability with tool-use and vision support.
Specifications
Canonical IDmistral-ministral-8b
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorMistral AIMistral AI
Providers
Context Window262K tokens
Max Output4K tokens
Input ModalitiesImageText
Output ModalitiesText
Parameters8B
Release Date · 8 months ago

Capabilities

Input2/5
Text✓
Image✓
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities4/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema✓
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill✓

Pricing by Provider

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ProviderStandardBatch
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Output
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Cache Read
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Mistral AI logo
Mistral AI
ministral-8b
$0.15$0.15N/A$0.075$0.075
OpenRouter logo
OpenRouter
mistralai/ministral-8b-2512
$0.15$0.15$0.015——
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
mistral/ministral-8b
$0.15$0.15N/A——

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Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host Ministral 8B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 19 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.

All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
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Instance
Cloud
GPU
VRAM
Price
Cheapest region
g2-standard-4GCPnvidia-l424 GB$0.705/hrus-east4
g6.xlargeAWSL422 GB$0.805/hrus-east-1
g2-standard-8GCPnvidia-l424 GB$0.851/hrus-east4
7 more instances can run Ministral 8B
Unlock the full ranked list and FP8 / INT4 quantization with a CloudPrice subscription.

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Ministral 3 14B—262K$0.200$0.200Available
Ministral 3 8B—262K$0.150$0.150Available
Ministral 3 3B—131K$0.100$0.100Available
Ministral 8B262K$0.150$0.150Current
Ministral 14B262K$0.200$0.200Available
Ministral 3B256K$0.040$0.040Available

Model IDs

ministral-8b-2410
ministral-8b-2512
ministral-8b-latest
mistral-ministral-8b
mistral/ministral-8b
mistral/ministral-8b-2512
mistral/ministral-8b-latest
mistralai/ministral-8b-2512
openrouter/mistralai/ministral-8b-2512
vercel_ai_gateway/mistral/ministral-8b