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Ministral 3

A balanced model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 8B is a powerful, efficient tiny language model with vision capabilities. This model is the reasoning post-trained version, trained for reasoning tasks, making it ideal for math, coding and stem related use cases. The Ministral 3 family is designed for edge deployment, capable of running on a wide range of hardware. Ministral 3 8B can even be deployed locally, capable of fitting in 24GB of VRAM in BF16, and less than 12GB of RAM/VRAM when quantized.

Updated Aug 10, 2026. Default version: Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512)

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LLMBoard scoreN/ANot scored
CoverageN/ANo published score
Context window262.1KTokens
Official input price$0.10Mistral API

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Model specification

Structured fields from the published default version.

Version
Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512)
Released
Dec 4, 2025
Knowledge cutoff
Unknown
Parameters
8B
Context window
262.1K
Max output
262.1K
Inputs
image, text
Outputs
text
Open weights
No
License
Apache 2.0

Capability profile

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Arena results

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Pricing

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Official API
$0.10 input, $0.10 output per 1M
Official provider
Mistral
Lowest third-party
N/A
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Mistralministral-8b-latestglobal$0.10$0.10128KAug 7, 2026

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Ministral 3 versions

All published versions linked to this unique model. The score columns identify the version used by the current overall ranking.

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Ministral 3 (14B Reasoning 2512)Dec 4, 2025N/A14B262.1K262.1KNoApache 2.0
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)Dec 4, 2025N/A14BN/AN/ANoApache 2.0
MiniStral 3 (14B Instruct 2512)Dec 4, 2025N/A14BN/AN/ANoApache 2.0
Ministral 3 (3B Base 2512)Dec 4, 2025N/A3BN/AN/ANoApache 2.0
Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)Dec 4, 2025N/A3BN/AN/ANoApache 2.0
Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)Dec 4, 2025N/A8BN/AN/ANoApache 2.0
Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512)Dec 4, 2025N/A8BN/AN/ANoApache 2.0
Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512)Dec 4, 2025N/A8B262.1K262.1KNoApache 2.0

What is Ministral 3?

A concise description based on the published model registry.

A balanced model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 8B is a powerful, efficient tiny language model with vision capabilities. This model is the reasoning post-trained version, trained for reasoning tasks, making it ideal for math, coding and stem related use cases. The Ministral 3 family is designed for edge deployment, capable of running on a wide range of hardware. Ministral 3 8B can even be deployed locally, capable of fitting in 24GB of VRAM in BF16, and less than 12GB of RAM/VRAM when quantized.

Use the benchmark, Arena and pricing sections above as separate evidence. A missing field means the current data snapshot does not support that claim.

Data snapshot: 2026-08-07. Editorial model content is not available in the backend.

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FAQ

Common questions about Ministral 3.

When was Ministral 3 released?

Ministral 3's default version was released on Dec 4, 2025.

How much does Ministral 3 cost?

Ministral 3's official API price is $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens via Mistral.

Who created Ministral 3?

Ministral 3 is published under Mistral AI in the model registry.

What is the context window for Ministral 3?

The default version has a 262.1K token context window.

Is Ministral 3 open weight?

No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.

How many API providers offer Ministral 3?

1 published provider offerings are linked to the default version.

What models should I compare Ministral 3 with?

No nearby ranked alternatives are currently available.

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