Mistralopen weightsMinistral 3 8B 2512 pricing
$0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.02¢ per chat answer and 0.23¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
Official price at Mistral AI: $0.15 / $0.15 per 1M (source, checked Oct 11, 2026).
What Ministral 3 8B 2512 costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (Mistral Large 4), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.02¢$0.21 / 1,000 | 40 in · 523 out · 854 reasoning | 17 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.06¢$0.57 / 1,000 | 254 in · 599 out · 2,946 reasoning | 113 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 0.12¢$1.17 / 1,000 | 55 in · 2,064 out · 5,705 reasoning | 25 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 0.05¢$0.50 / 1,000 | 285 in · 849 out · 2,230 reasoning | 15 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 0.20¢$2.02 / 1,000 | 1,349 in · 1,317 out · 10,816 reasoning | 103 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 0.07¢$0.73 / 1,000 | 731 in · 860 out · 3,281 reasoning | 80 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 0.23¢$2.33 / 1,000 | 13,373 in · 151 out · 2,019 reasoning | 78 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.05¢$0.45 / 1,000 | 374 in · 871 out · 1,784 reasoning | 46 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | 0.23¢$2.32 / 1,000 | 4,774 in · 4,526 out · 6,174 reasoning | 22 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 0.10¢$1.04 / 1,000 | 3,772 in · 210 out · 2,981 reasoning | 57 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 0.13¢$1.30 / 1,000 | 1,274 in · 832 out · 6,565 reasoning | 40 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 0.21¢$2.07 / 1,000 | 4,658 in · 1,594 out · 7,522 reasoning | 20 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.05¢$0.49 / 1,000 | 121 in · 511 out · 2,647 reasoning | 44 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 6.8¢$68.07 / 1,000 | 2,304,625 in · 15,450 out · 132,350 reasoning | 31 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Ministral 3 8B 2512 through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mistralunknown | $0.15 / $0.15 | $0.015 | 262K | 100% |
Mistralunknown | $0.15 / $0.15 | $0.015 | 262K | 100% |
Mistralunknown | $0.17 / $0.17 | $0.017 | 262K |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Dec 6, 2025 at $0.15 input / $0.15 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Ministral 3 8B 2512 cost?
Ministral 3 8B 2512 costs $0.15 per 1 million input tokens and $0.15 per 1 million output tokens, with cached input at $0.015 (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.02¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 0.23¢.
Where is Ministral 3 8B 2512 cheapest?
Among 3 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Mistral: $0.15 input and $0.15 output per 1M tokens.
Is the Ministral 3 8B 2512 cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Ministral 3 8B 2512 was not run directly. Tokens come from Mistral Large 4 and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Mistral. Real usage can differ.