Ministral 3 8B 2512 pricing & benchmarks
Released Dec 2, 2025 · served by 2 providers
What Ministral 3 8B 2512 is
A balanced model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 8B is a powerful, efficient tiny language model with vision capabilities.
- Model ID:
mistralai/ministral-8b-2512 - Modality: text+image->text
- Tool calling: supported · Structured output: supported
- Weights:
mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512on Hugging Face
Providers and prices for Ministral 3 8B 2512
The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.
| Provider | Input | Output | Context | Quant | Uptime 24h | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistralcheapest | $0.150 | $0.150 | 262K | — | 99.2% | — |
| NextBit | $0.300 | $0.300 | 262K | fp8 | 99.4% | — |
Ministral 3 8B 2512 benchmark results
Design Arena head-to-head results, as reported through the OpenRouter model API.
| Category | Arena | Rank | Elo | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3d | models | #83 | 1089 | 46.2% |
| codecategories | models | #88 | 1084 | 42.9% |
| website | models | #90 | 1090 | 42.9% |
| gamedev | models | #93 | 1047 | 38.7% |
Cheaper models in the same class
Models scoring within 4 points of Ministral 3 8B 2512 on the Intelligence Index, but with a lower output price.
FAQ
How much does the Ministral 3 8B 2512 API cost?
$0.150 per 1M input tokens and $0.150 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $0.20.
Is Ministral 3 8B 2512 free?
No. It is a paid model starting at $0.150 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.
Which provider is cheapest for Ministral 3 8B 2512?
Mistral at $0.150 input / $0.150 output per 1M tokens.
Can I self-host Ministral 3 8B 2512?
Yes — weights are published as mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512 on Hugging Face, so you can run it on your own hardware.