Ministral 3 8B
Ministral 3 8B is Mistral AI's language model with a 262K context window, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.15 / 1M input and $0.15 / 1M output. The balanced 8B model in Mistral AI's Ministral 3 generation, combining efficiency with strong language and vision capabilities.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
mistral-ministral-3-8b | |
| Language | |
| Active | |
| Mistral AI | |
| 262K tokens | |
| Image | |
| Text | |
| 8B | |
| Benchmarks | |
|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | #495 |
| Coding Index | #191 |
| Math Index | #195 |
| MMLU-Pro | #255 |
| GPQA | #412 |
| HLE | #437 |
| LiveCodeBench | #221 |
| IFBench | #371 |
| Time to First Token | #374 |
| SciCode | #420 |
| AIME 2025 | #195 |
| LCR | #320 |
| TerminalBench Hard | #283 |
| TAU2 | #284 |
| Output TPS | #158 |
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text·
Image✓
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities3/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill✓
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | Batch | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Cache Read $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.15 | $0.15 | $0.015 | — | — | |
| $0.18 | $0.18 | N/A | $0.09 | $0.09 | |
Cost Calculator
US Dollar ($)
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Ministral 3 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)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g6.xlarge |  AWS | L4 | 22 GB | $0.805/hr | ||
| Standard_NV16as_v4 |  Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 32 GB | $0.932/hr | ||
| g6.2xlarge | AWS | L4 | 22 GB | $0.978/hr | ||
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministral 3 8B | — | 262K | $0.150 | $0.150 | Current |
| Ministral 3 14B | — | 262K | $0.200 | $0.200 | Available |
| Ministral 3 3B | — | 131K | $0.100 | $0.100 | Available |
| Ministral 14B | 262K | $0.200 | $0.200 | Available | |
| Ministral 3B | 256K | $0.040 | $0.040 | Available | |
| Ministral 8B | 262K | $0.150 | $0.150 | Available |