Mistral · Model identity

Ministral 3 8B 2512

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

1pricing route

Context262Klargest published route limit

Max output210Klargest published route limit

InputsImage, Textfrom route metadata

OutputsNot publishedfrom route metadata

Capabilities

What published route metadata supports

CachingHugging FaceStructured outputTool useVision

Input modalities

ImageText

Supported API parameters

frequency_penaltymax_tokenspresence_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_p

Model facts

Release dateNot independently verified

Knowledge cutoffNot independently verified

Open weightsNot independently verified

OpenRouter catalog date2025-12-02

LLMPrice does not infer a release date, knowledge cutoff, or open-weight status from a model name, Hugging Face link, or pricing route.

Could this workload cost less?Compare Ministral 3 8B 2512 with cheaper models using the same workload.

Endpoint / route	Model ID	Input	Cached	Output	Context	Source
OpenRouterStandard	`mistralai/ministral-8b-2512`	$0.15	$0.015	$0.15	262K	OpenRouter API ↗

Published repository IDs

Presence of a Hugging Face ID is not treated as proof that model weights are open.

Price history

2 route availability changes recorded. No earlier prices are inferred.