Author's Description
The smallest model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 3B is a powerful, efficient tiny language model with vision capabilities.
Key Specifications
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Features
This model supports the following features:
Performance Summary
Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512, the smallest model in the Ministral 3 family, demonstrates exceptional speed and cost-efficiency. It consistently ranks among the fastest models and offers highly competitive pricing across all benchmarks. With a 99% success rate, its reliability is outstanding, indicating minimal technical failures. The model exhibits strong performance in several areas. It achieves a respectable 94.0% accuracy in General Knowledge and an impressive 98.0% in Ethics, showcasing its ability to handle factual and moral reasoning tasks. Notably, in Mathematics, it scores 82.0% accuracy and is recognized as one of the top three in speed, being the most accurate among models of comparable velocity. Its Email Classification accuracy is also solid at 95.0%. However, the model struggles significantly with Hallucinations, scoring 0.0% accuracy, indicating it does not appropriately acknowledge uncertainty for fictional concepts. It also shows weaknesses in Instruction Following (33.0% accuracy) and Reasoning (22.0% accuracy), suggesting limitations in handling complex, multi-step directives and abstract problem-solving. Despite these areas for improvement, its vision capabilities, speed, and cost-effectiveness make it a compelling option for specific applications.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
| Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|
| Prompt | $0.1 |
| Completion | $0.1 |
| Input Cache Read | $0.01 |
Price History
Available Endpoints
| Provider | Endpoint Name | Context Length | Pricing (Input) | Pricing (Output) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mistral
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Mistral | mistralai/ministral-3b-2512 | 131K | $0.1 / 1M tokens | $0.1 / 1M tokens |
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NextBit
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NextBit | mistralai/ministral-3b-2512 | 131K | $0.35 / 1M tokens | $0.35 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
| Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Strategy | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
|---|
Other Models by mistralai
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Speed | Ability | Cost |
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| Mistral: Mistral Small 4 | Mar 16, 2026 | — | 262K |
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★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Mistral Small Creative | Dec 16, 2025 | — | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 | Dec 09, 2025 | ~123B | 262K |
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★★ | ★★★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512 | Dec 02, 2025 | 14B | 262K |
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★★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 | Dec 02, 2025 | 8B | 262K |
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★★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 | Dec 01, 2025 | ~32B | 262K |
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★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Mistral: Voxtral Small 24B 2507 | Oct 30, 2025 | 24B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1 | Aug 13, 2025 | — | 131K |
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★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Mistral: Codestral 2508 | Aug 01, 2025 | ~2.5B | 256K |
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★★★ | ★★ | $$$ |
| Mistral: Devstral Medium | Jul 10, 2025 | — | 131K |
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★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
| Mistral: Devstral Small 1.1 | Jul 10, 2025 | ~24B | 131K |
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★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Jun 20, 2025 | 24B | 131K |
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★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Magistral Small 2506 Unavailable | Jun 10, 2025 | ~24B | 40K |
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★★★ | ★★ | $$$$ |
| Mistral: Magistral Medium 2506 Unavailable | Jun 07, 2025 | — | 40K |
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★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Mistral: Devstral Small 2505 Unavailable | May 21, 2025 | ~24B | 128K |
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★★★★★ | ★★★★ | $ |
| Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 | May 07, 2025 | — | 131K |
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★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
| Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Mar 17, 2025 | 24B | 131K |
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★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Saba | Feb 17, 2025 | ~24B | 32K |
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★★ | ★★★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Mistral Small 3 | Jan 30, 2025 | 24B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $ |
| Mistral: Codestral 2501 Unavailable | Jan 14, 2025 | ~2.5B | 256K |
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★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Mistral Large 2411 | Nov 18, 2024 | ~32B | 131K |
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★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Mistral Large 2407 | Nov 18, 2024 | ~32B | 131K |
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★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |
| Mistral: Pixtral Large 2411 | Nov 18, 2024 | ~124B | 131K |
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★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Mistral: Ministral 3B Unavailable | Oct 16, 2024 | 3B | 131K |
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★★★★★ | ★★ | $ |
| Mistral: Ministral 8B Unavailable | Oct 16, 2024 | 8B | 131K |
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★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Pixtral 12B Unavailable | Sep 09, 2024 | 12B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Mistral Nemo | Jul 18, 2024 | ~12B | 131K |
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★★★★ | ★ | $ |
| Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct Unavailable | May 26, 2024 | 7B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 Unavailable | May 26, 2024 | 7B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★★ | $ |
| Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Apr 16, 2024 | 22B | 65K |
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★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Mistral Large | Feb 25, 2024 | ~32B | 128K |
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★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Mistral Medium Unavailable | Jan 09, 2024 | — | 32K |
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| Mistral Tiny Unavailable | Jan 09, 2024 | ~7B | 32K |
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★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Mistral Small Unavailable | Jan 09, 2024 | ~22B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.2 Unavailable | Dec 27, 2023 | 7B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★★ | $$$ |
| Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct | Dec 09, 2023 | 56B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 | Sep 27, 2023 | 7B | 2K |
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★★★★ | ★ | $$ |