Mistral AI · Released Oct 16, 2024Ministral 3B
Compact Mistral model for edge, latency-sensitive, and cost-efficient workloads.
- Capability
- 118.1ECI · #144 of 148
- Input
- $0.10per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.10per 1M tokens
- Context
- 128K8K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.10per million tokens
- Output
- $0.10per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.10cheaper than 91% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.25 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $3.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $30.00 |
Median of 1 paid API provider on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#144 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (107.4–121.8); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Mistral AI.
The details
- Lab
- Mistral AI
- Released
- Oct 16, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Mar 2024
- Context window
- 128,000 tokens
- Max output
- 8,192 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- Availability
- 1 API providerlisted on models.dev
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About Ministral 3B
How much does Ministral 3B cost?
Ministral 3B costs $0.10 input / $0.10 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.10 per million tokens, cheaper than 91% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Ministral 3B?
Ministral 3B accepts up to 128,000 tokens per request and can write up to 8,192 tokens in one response.
How good is Ministral 3B?
Epoch AI gives Ministral 3B a Capabilities Index score of 118.1 (likely range 107.4–121.8), ranking it #144 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 25.3%.
Is Ministral 3B open source?
Yes. Mistral AI publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Ministral 3B support?
Ministral 3B accepts text and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Ministral 3B released?
Mistral AI released Ministral 3B on Oct 16, 2024. Its training data runs to Mar 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Ministral 3B?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct (Meta, ECI 116.6, $0.152 / $0.167), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct (Alibaba (Qwen), ECI 118.5, $0.175 / $0.70), Gemma 3 4B IT (Google, ECI 116.1, $0.05 / $0.10) and Claude Haiku 3 (Anthropic, ECI 118.4, $0.25 / $1.25).