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Ministral 3 8B Instruct

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Ministral 3 8B Instruct is Mistral AI's language model with a 256K context window and up to 8K output tokens, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.15 / 1M input and $0.15 / 1M output. The instruction-tuned 8B variant of Mistral AI's Ministral 3 family, offering a balance of performance and efficiency with vision support.
Specifications
Canonical IDmistral-ministral-3-8b-instruct
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorMistral AIMistral AI
Providers
Context Window256K tokens
Max Output8K 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·
Capabilities2/13
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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Amazon Bedrock
mistral.ministral-3-8b-instruct
$0.15$0.15$0.07$0.07$0.07$0.07$0.26$0.26
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Fireworks AI
fireworks_ai/accounts/fireworks/models/ministral-3-8b-instruct-2512
$0.2$0.2——————

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Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host Ministral 3 8B Instruct, 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.

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FP16 (full precision)
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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 3 8B Instruct
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Ministral 3 8B Instruct256K$0.150$0.150Current
Ministral 3 14B Instruct256K$0.200$0.200Available
Ministral 3 3B Instruct256K$0.100$0.100Available

Model IDs

accounts/fireworks/models/ministral-3-8b-instruct-2512
fireworks_ai/accounts/fireworks/models/ministral-3-8b-instruct-2512
mistral-ministral-3-8b-instruct
mistral.ministral-3-8b-instruct