Ministral 3 3B
Analysis Summary
Ministral 3 3B is Mistral's compact model for lightweight inference and cost-sensitive workloads. At $0.10 per million tokens for both input and output, it is economical for simple classification, short rewrites, extraction, and other narrowly defined operations.
The benchmark profile shows limited reasoning, coding, long-context handling, instruction following, and tool-oriented reliability. That makes it unsuitable for complex client strategy, autonomous agents, difficult SEO briefs, or unsupervised customer-facing copy. It can still be useful as a routing, filtering, or first-pass model when prompts are tightly constrained and outputs receive validation. Adopt it for volume utility tasks, not as a general-purpose content partner.
Assessed September 7, 2026
Editorial notes
Ministral 3 3B is an inexpensive compact model for simple drafting and classification, priced at $0.10 per million tokens. Its small scale brings weak reasoning, instruction following, coding, and long-context reliability.
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DFO Verdict
Ministral 3 3B is an inexpensive compact model for simple drafting and classification, priced at $0.10 per million tokens. Its small scale brings weak reasoning, instruction following, coding, and long-context reliability.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
4.8 Intelligence Index·4.8 Coding Index·0.8 Agentic Index·22 Math Index
How Ministral 3 3B compares
Ministral 3 3B ranks #421 of 438 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #199 of 210 for coding, #178 of 192 for agentic tasks. At $0.10 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 69% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.10 | $0.000100 |
| Output | $0.10 | $0.000100 |
What would Ministral 3 3B cost your business?
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamFrequently asked questions about Ministral 3 3B
How much does Ministral 3 3B cost?
Ministral 3 3B costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens.
Is Ministral 3 3B good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Ministral 3 3B ranks #199 of 210 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
Who created Ministral 3 3B?
Ministral 3 3B is developed by Mistral and was released on December 2, 2025.