Mistral AIMinistral 3 8B
Ministral 3 8B is a Mistral AI open-weights model, released 2 Dec 2025. Its best configuration ranks #714 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 38.4 ±2.7, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 196 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in reasoning (41) and lowest in multimodal (28). At $0.150 per million tokens blended it is among the cheapest fifth of ranked models. Output speed of 112 tokens per second puts it faster than most, with a first answer in 0.9 s. Last measured 2 Dec 2025.stale: no new result in six months
- Blended price
- $0.150/M
- $0.150 in · $0.150 out
- Output speed
- 112 tok/s
- measured by Artificial Analysis
- First answer
- 0.88 s
- first token 0.33 s
- Context
- 262k
- Full answer
- 5.36 s
- median, reasoning included
- Cost per run
- $0.011
- one full Intelligence Index run
- Released
- 2 Dec 2025
- Overall index38
- Reasoning41
- Agents & tools33
- Knowledge30
- Instruction following33
- Multimodal28
- Long context37
- Composite36
Versions
Mistral AI has shipped 2 models under this name. Each is ranked on its own results; a newer version often has fewer results so far, which holds its index nearer the average until more arrive.
| Model | Released | Index | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ministral 3 8Bthis page | 2 Dec 2025 | 38.4 | #714 |
| Ministral 8B | 16 Oct 2024 | 37.9 | #724 |
How its index has moved
9 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.
Benchmark results
See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.
Reasoning
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index | 47.1%#443 | Artificial Analysis |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index | 4.3%#515 | Artificial Analysis |
| CritPt | 0.0%#315 | Artificial Analysis |
Coding
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode (AA)not in index | 20.7%#227 | Artificial Analysis |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA)not in index | 0.0%#152 | Artificial Analysis |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA)not in index | 4.1%#212 | Artificial Analysis |
Agents & tools
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 4.5%#284 | Artificial Analysis |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index | 26.6%#280 | Artificial Analysis |
| GDPval-AA v2.1not in index | 0.0%#124 | Artificial Analysis |
| τ³-Banking (AA) | 3.7%#195 | Artificial Analysis |
| AutomationBenchnot in index | 0.5%#206 | Artificial Analysis |
| GDP.pdf (AA)not in index | 0.8%#210 | Artificial Analysis |
Knowledge
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| AA-Omniscience | -69.0#509 | Artificial Analysis |
| AA-Omniscience: accuracynot in index | 13.0%#465 | Artificial Analysis |
| AA-Omniscience: non-hallucinationnot in index | 5.8%#514 | Artificial Analysis |
Instruction following
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 29.1%#368 | Artificial Analysis |
Multimodal
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| MMMU-Pro | 46.0%#252 | Artificial Analysis |
Long context
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| AA-LCR | 25.7%#410 | Artificial Analysis |
| MLCRnot in index | 0.0%#168 | Artificial Analysis |
Composite
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2 | 5.5#579 | Artificial Analysis |
Where to run it
Every provider serving this model through OpenRouter, with throughput and first-token latency measured on live traffic over the last 30 minutes and each provider’s own price. Purple marks the best in each column.
| Provider | Speed | First token | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | Quantisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral | 118 tok/s | 0.33 s | $0.150 | $0.150 | 262k | – |
| Mistral | 115 tok/s | 0.32 s | $0.150 | $0.150 | 262k | – |
What a task costs
Estimates from list price, output speed and time to first answer for the best configuration. “With caching” assumes three-quarters of the input is served from the prompt cache at $0.015 per 1M. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Cost | With caching | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 400 / 300 | $0.0001 | $0.0001 | 3.6 s |
| Summarize a 30-page report | 12,000 / 600 | $0.0019 | $0.0007 | 6.3 s |
| Code edit | 6,000 / 1,500 | $0.0011 | $0.0005 | 14.3 s |
| Agentic coding session | 60,000 / 4,000 | $0.0096 | $0.0035 | 36.7 s |
| Structured extraction | 2,000 / 200 | $0.0003 | $0.0001 | 2.7 s |
More from Mistral AI
See also
Questions people ask
- What are Ministral 3 8B's benchmark scores?
- As of 24 Oct 2026, Ministral 3 8B scores 38.4 ±2.7 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in reasoning (41) and weakest in multimodal (28). That rests on 8 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
- How does Ministral 3 8B rank?
- Ministral 3 8B is #714 of 785 ranked configurations on 24 Oct 2026. 196 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
- How much does Ministral 3 8B cost per 1M tokens?
- As of 24 Oct 2026, Ministral 3 8B costs $0.150 per 1M input tokens and $0.150 per 1M output tokens, $0.150 blended (three input tokens per output token).
- When was Ministral 3 8B released?
- Mistral AI released Ministral 3 8B on 2 Dec 2025.
Data as of 24 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.
Cite as: BenchLeader, “Ministral 3 8B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 24 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/ministral-3-8b.