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Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 API Pricing

Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 is an API model from mistralai. It costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.015. Its context window is 262,144 tokens with up to 209,715 output tokens. A workload of 10M input + 2M output tokens costs about $1.8 per month. The official mistralai list price is $0.15 input / $0.15 output per 1M tokens, which matches the catalog price tracked here.
Input
$0.15
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.15
per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.015
per 1M tokens
Context window
262K
262,144 tokens
Blended (80/20)
$0.15
per 1M tokens

A balanced model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 8B is a powerful, efficient tiny language model with vision capabilities.

How much does Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 cost for a real workload?

At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 costs about $1.8 ($1.5 input + $0.3 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.

What is the official Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 price?

Official (mistralai)Catalog (OpenRouter)
Input /1M$0.15$0.15
Output /1M$0.15$0.15
Cached input /1M$0.015$0.015

✓ Matches the official list price. Source: mistralai official pricing page, checked 2026-10-21.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 cost?

Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 21, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $1.8.

What is the context window of Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512?

Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 has a context window of 262,144 tokens and can return up to 209,715 output tokens per response.

What are cheaper alternatives to Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512?

Cheaper models include Inference.net: Schematron V2 Small ($0.05 in / $0.23 out), DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 ($0.091 in / $0.182 out), NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning ($0.07 in / $0.2 out). See the full list on this page.

Is Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 free to use?

No. Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 is a paid model at $0.15 input / $0.15 output per 1M tokens. 20 free models are listed on the free models page.

What is the official price of Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512?

On mistralai's official pricing page (checked 2026-10-21), Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 is listed at $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens. The catalog price tracked on this page matches it exactly.

Provider: mistralai · Model ID: mistralai/ministral-8b-2512 · Modality: text+image->text · Price snapshot October 21, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices