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MMinistral 3 8B 2512OPEN

Ministral 3 8B 2512 (Mistral AI): live API pricing, context window and the best open-source alternatives, tracked daily by olud.ai.

Context window
262K
tokens
Input price
$0.15
per M tokens
Output price
$0.15
per M tokens
Provider
Mistral AI

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Benchmarks & performance

Independent benchmark scores for Ministral 3 8B 2512, measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

9.8×
More intelligence per dollar than Claude Opus 5 (Fast).
For the same budget, Ministral 3 8B 2512 delivers 9.8 times more capability. Open weights also mean you can self-host it and pay nothing per token.
Intelligence index9
Coding index9.7
Math index31.7
GPQA47.1%
MMLU-Pro64.2%
Humanity's Last Exam4.3%
Long Context Reasoning24%
LiveCodeBench30.3%
SciCode20.8%
AIME 202531.7%
IFBench29.1%
τ²-Bench26.6%
τ-Bench Banking3.7%
Terminal-Bench4.1%
Terminal-Bench Hard4.5%
⚡ Speed102.6 tokens/sec
⏱ Latency0.49s to first token
💰 Blended price$0.15 / 1M tokens
📈 Value60 intelligence points per $
Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis

About this model

Ministral 3 8B 2512 is an open-weight AI model by Mistral AI. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked hourly, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.

Frequently asked questions

What is Ministral 3 8B 2512?

Ministral 3 8B 2512 is an AI language model from Mistral AI. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free. It scores 9 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.

Is Ministral 3 8B 2512 free?

The weights are free and open — you can self-host Ministral 3 8B 2512 and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens.

What is Ministral 3 8B 2512 good at?

Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 47.1%, MMLU-Pro 64.2%, Humanity's Last Exam 4.3%, Long Context Reasoning 24%, LiveCodeBench 30.3%, SciCode 20.8%, AIME 2025 31.7%, IFBench 29.1%, τ²-Bench 26.6%, τ-Bench Banking 3.7%, Terminal-Bench 4.1%, Terminal-Bench Hard 4.5%. It is particularly used for code generation.

How fast is Ministral 3 8B 2512?

It generates about 102.6 tokens per second, with a median 0.49s delay before the first token. Measured independently by Artificial Analysis.

Can I self-host Ministral 3 8B 2512?

Yes. Ministral 3 8B 2512 has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.

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