Mistral AI · Released Oct 16, 2024Ministral 8B Instruct
Efficient open Mistral edge model for on-device chat and function calling.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.15per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.15per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K8K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.15per million tokens
- Output
- $0.15per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.15cheaper than 83% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.375 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $4.50 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $45.00 |
Median of 1 paid API provider on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Ministral 8B Instruct yet.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Mistral AI.
The details
- Lab
- Mistral AI
- Released
- Oct 16, 2024
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 8,192 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Availability
- 1 API providerlisted on models.dev
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About Ministral 8B Instruct
How much does Ministral 8B Instruct cost?
Ministral 8B Instruct costs $0.15 input / $0.15 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.15 per million tokens, cheaper than 83% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Ministral 8B Instruct?
Ministral 8B Instruct accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 8,192 tokens in one response.
How good is Ministral 8B Instruct?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Ministral 8B Instruct yet. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 27.2%.
Is Ministral 8B Instruct open source?
Yes. Mistral AI publishes the weights under the Mistral Research License licence, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Ministral 8B Instruct support?
Ministral 8B Instruct accepts text and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Ministral 8B Instruct released?
Mistral AI released Ministral 8B Instruct on Oct 16, 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Ministral 8B Instruct?
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), Gemma 3 4B IT (Google, ECI 116.1, $0.05 / $0.10), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct (Alibaba (Qwen), ECI 118.5, $0.175 / $0.70) and Phi-4-mini (Microsoft, $0.075 / $0.30).