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Ministral 3 8B API pricing
As of October 16, 2026, Ministral 3 8B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens on the Mistral API. Cached input is $0.015 per million.
It is the 2nd cheapest of 12 Mistral AI models tracked here, by blended price. The closest Budget-tier model from another provider is GPT-5 Nano (OpenAI) at $0.05 / $0.40; Ministral 3 8B is 9% more expensive. First listed in the LiteLLM price data on March 2, 2026.
Input / 1M tokens$0.15
Output / 1M tokens$0.15
Context window262K
Max output262K
Every published rate
| Rate | Per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input (standard) | $0.15 |
| Output (standard) | $0.15 |
| Cached input (read) | $0.015 |
What it costs in practice
| Task | Tokens | Per request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatbot reply | 1,000 in / 500 out | $0.00022 | $0.23 |
| Summarize a long document | 20,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.0032 | $3.15 |
| Coding agent step | 50,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.0078 | $7.80 |
Standard rates, no caching or batch discount. Compare your own numbers across all models →
Price history
| Date | Model | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | Ministral 3 8B | New model listed: $0.15 in / $0.15 out source |
Dates are when each change first appeared in the LiteLLM price data, usually within days of the provider's announcement.
Details
| Provider | Mistral |
| Price tier | Budget |
| Features | Vision, Tool use |
| API model names | ministral-3-8b-2512, ministral-8b-2512, ministral-8b-latest |
| Official pricing | mistral.ai |
Models at a similar price
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-5 Nano | $0.05 | $0.40 |
| DeepSeek Coder | $0.14 | $0.28 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | $0.10 | $0.40 |
| GPT-4.1 Nano | $0.10 | $0.40 |
| Voxtral Small | $0.10 | $0.40 |
| GPT-6 Luna | $0.10 | $0.50 |
Other Mistral models
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| Mistral Medium 3 | $1.50 | $7.50 |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | $1.50 | $7.50 |
| Mistral Large 4 | $0.68 | $2.09 |
| Mistral Large 3 | $0.50 | $1.50 |
| Codestral | $0.30 | $0.90 |
| Open Mistral Nemo | $0.30 | $0.30 |
| Mistral Small | $0.15 | $0.60 |
| Mistral Tiny | $0.25 | $0.25 |
| Ministral 3 14B | $0.20 | $0.20 |
| Voxtral Small | $0.10 | $0.40 |
| Ministral 3 3B | $0.10 | $0.10 |