Ministral 3 3B
Analysis Summary
Ministral 3 3B sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #247 of 556 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.100 input and $0.100 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market.
Editorial notes
Ministral 3 3B is an ultra-cheap 3B model from Mistral with very limited reasoning and coding capability, suitable only for simple classification or extraction tasks at minimal cost.
Assessed May 14, 2026
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Performance Profile
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| Provider | Mistral |
| Release Date | December 2, 2025 |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.10 | $0.000100 |
| Output | $0.10 | $0.000100 |
