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Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 pricing

A balanced model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 8B is a powerful, efficient tiny language model with vision capabilities. Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 from OpenRouter costs $0.150 per 1M input tokens and $0.150 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.015 per 1M. Context window 262,144 tokens.

API id mistralai/ministral-8b-2512 · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-11-10 · general-purpose

$0.150
Input / 1M tokens
$0.150
Output / 1M tokens
$0.015
Cached input / 1M
262K
Context window

Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 specifications

Provider
OpenRouter
API id
mistralai/ministral-8b-2512
Model type
general-purpose
Context window
262K tokens
Max output
210K tokens
Currency
USD
Price source
Provider API
Last checked
2026-11-10

Tags

  • vision

What Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.0002
Document summary50,0002,000$0.0078
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$0.18

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 cost per 1M tokens?
Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 costs $0.150 per 1M input tokens and $0.150 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier. Cached input is $0.015 per 1M.
What is Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512's context window?
Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 accepts up to 262,144 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 209,715 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512?
Yes. Free Models Router is free per 1M input tokens versus $0.150 for Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512, with a 200,000 token context window.
Where does this Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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