# Ministral 3 8B

Model tracker · checked 2026-10-14 · https://dbggr.dev/models/ministral-3-8b/

Ministral 3 8B is a fast open-weight model from Mistral AI, released 2 December 2025. At Mistral AI it costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens, with a 256K-token context window.

- Made by: Mistral AI
- Released: 2025-12-02
- Status: Generally available
- Tier: Fast
- Weights: Open
- Context window: 256,000 tokens
- Input: text, image
- API id: ministral-8b-2512
- Docs: https://docs.mistral.ai/models/ministral-3-8b-25-12

## Ministral 3 8B price at Mistral AI

US dollars per million tokens. Blended is 3 input tokens for every output token, one number to compare on.

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Blended | Batch | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral AI | $0.15 | $0.15 | $0.015 | $0.15 | 50% off | [2026-10-14](https://docs.mistral.ai/inference/pricing) |

## Models like Ministral 3 8B

| Model | Input | Output | Context | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministral 3 8B | $0.15 | $0.15 | 256K | Open |
| [Llama 3.3 70B](https://dbggr.dev/models/llama-3-3-70b/) | $0.10 | $0.32 | 128K | Open |
| [NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super](https://dbggr.dev/models/nvidia-nemotron-3-super/) | $0.085 | $0.40 | 256K | Open |
| [gpt-oss-20b](https://dbggr.dev/models/gpt-oss-20b/) | $0.07 | $0.25 | 131K | Open |
| [Qwen3.5 9B](https://dbggr.dev/models/qwen3-5-9b/) | $0.10 | $0.15 | 262K | Open |
| [Claude Haiku 5.5](https://dbggr.dev/models/claude-haiku-5-5/) | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | Closed |

## FAQ

### How much does Ministral 3 8B cost?

Ministral 3 8B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens at Mistral AI, and $0.015 per million cached input tokens, with 50% off for batch requests. Prices are list prices in US dollars, last checked 14 October 2026.

### What is Ministral 3 8B's context window?

Ministral 3 8B takes up to 256,000 tokens in one request.

### Is Ministral 3 8B open weight?

Yes. Mistral AI publishes the weights, so you can run Ministral 3 8B yourself or at any host that serves it.

### Where can I use Ministral 3 8B?

Ministral 3 8B is available from Mistral AI. At Mistral AI, call it as `ministral-8b-2512`.