Ministral 3 8B
Analysis Summary
Ministral 3 8B is a small-footprint model from Mistral, positioned at the budget end of the market. Its intelligence and coding benchmarks are limited relative to the broader field, but its MMLU-Pro score of 0.642 and GPQA of 0.471 suggest it can handle general knowledge tasks and basic instruction following at a functional level.
For businesses, this model is best suited to high-volume, low-complexity tasks: content drafting, simple summarisation, or classification pipelines where cost per token matters more than depth of reasoning. Coding and agentic reliability are weak, so it is not a fit for software engineering or autonomous workflows.
At $0.15/1M tokens for both input and output, it is one of the more affordable options from a reputable Western provider. Teams running bulk content operations on a tight budget will find it serviceable, but should step up to a larger model for anything requiring nuanced reasoning or reliable instruction following.
Assessed June 6, 2026
Editorial notes
Ministral 3 8B is a compact Mistral model with modest reasoning and coding capability, suited to lightweight content tasks at a very low price point of $0.15/1M tokens.
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Performance Profile
How Ministral 3 8B compares
Ministral 3 8B ranks #239 of 378 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #239 of 315 for coding, #214 of 289 for agentic tasks. At $0.15 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 57% of comparable models.
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
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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 | $0.15 | $0.000150 |
| Output | $0.15 | $0.000150 |
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Frequently asked questions about Ministral 3 8B
How much does Ministral 3 8B cost?
Ministral 3 8B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens.
Is Ministral 3 8B good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Ministral 3 8B ranks #239 of 315 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
Who created Ministral 3 8B?
Ministral 3 8B is developed by Mistral and was released on December 2, 2025.
