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Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512
Mistral Ministral 3 8B 2512 from MistralAI is designed to handle both text and image inputs, with a context length of up to 262,144 tokens. It supports the use of external tools but lacks advanced reasoning capabilities or structured output formatting. Given its pricing at $0.15 per million input and output tokens, it's competitive for those seeking basic text and image processing tasks without the need for complex reasoning or structured data handling. However, due to a lack of benchmark coverage, its performance relative to other models remains unproven.
Quality Score
99/100
price + capability + benchmarks
Input Price
$0.15
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-09-23
Output Price
$0.15
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-09-23
Context Window
262,144
tokens
- Model ID
- mistralai/ministral-8b-2512
- Vendor
- mistralai
- Released
- December 2025
- Tokenizer
- Mistral
- Input Modalities
- text, image
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 209,715 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- not supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- no
- Moderated
- no
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $0.15/M input and $0.15/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | under $0.01 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.08 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $1.05 |
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Quick answers
- How much does Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 cost?
- $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens.
- What is Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512's context window?
- 262,144 tokens, roughly 393 pages of text in a single request.
- Does Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output.
- Can Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.