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Ministral 3 3B

Cheapest model Mistral serves and the one to run on-device — pick it for latency-critical edge inference or trivially structured tasks, not for anything needing world knowledge. Alias: ministral-3b-latest.

Open weights · Permissive (Apache, MIT, OpenMDW) · Data checked September 6, 2026 · Not a hands-on evaluation

Model ID ministral-3b-2512

Parameters
3B dense
Architecture
Dense
Context window
256,000 tokensMaximum input
Max output
Not recordedPer response
Input price
$0.10 per 1M tokens
Output price
$0.10 per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.01 per 1M tokens
Blended price
$0.10 per 1M tokens3:1 input to output
Knowledge cutoff
Not recorded
Released
2025-12-02
Status
ga
Size band
Up to 4B

License and openness

Ministral 3 3B is released under the Apache-2.0. This is a permissive license. It generally allows use, modification and redistribution, including commercial use, subject to attribution and notice requirements. License terms can change between versions; confirm the text published with the weights you download.

Capabilities

Input modalitiestext, image
Output modalitiestext

What it is for

Alias: ministral-3b-latest.

At a three-to-one input-to-output ratio, Ministral 3 3B costs $0.10 per million tokens blended. A workload of one million input and 330,000 output tokens per day would run about $3.99 per month at list price, before caching or batch discounts.

Cost at list price

Input$0.10 per 1M tokens
Output$0.10 per 1M tokens
Cached input$0.01 per 1M tokens
Blended, 3:1$0.10 per 1M tokens
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Sources

Sources checked September 6, 2026. Specifications and prices change without notice; confirm against the provider before you commit.

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