Mistral AIMinistral 3 8B 2512
Ministral 3 8B 2512 is a Mistral AI open-weights model. It is not yet ranked: no independent benchmark results so far, only pricing and metadata. At $0.150 per million tokens blended it is among the cheapest fifth of ranked models. Output speed of 38 tokens per second puts it in the slowest quarter, with a first token in 0.3 s.
- Blended price
- $0.150/M
- $0.150 in · $0.150 out
- Output speed
- 38 tok/s
- OpenRouter traffic, 7-day median; not yet measured by Artificial Analysis
- First answer
- 0.34 s
- Context
- 262k
- Released
- –
- date not published by our sources
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 8B | 2 Dec 2025 | 36.6 | #482 |
| Ministral 3 8B 2512this page | – | – | – |
No independent quality benchmark results yet — only pricing and metadata.
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 | 50 tok/s | 0.31 s | $0.150 | $0.150 | 262k | – |
| Mistral (ZDR) | 7 tok/s | 0.38 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. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Cost | With caching | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 400 / 300 | $0.0001 | – | 8.3 s |
| Summarise a 30-page report | 12,000 / 600 | $0.0019 | – | 16.3 s |
| Code edit | 6,000 / 1,500 | $0.0011 | – | 40.3 s |
| Agentic coding session | 60,000 / 4,000 | $0.0096 | – | 1.8 min |
| Structured extraction | 2,000 / 200 | $0.0003 | – | 5.7 s |
See also
Data as of 13 Sept 2026. Compare with another model.
Cite as: BenchLeader, “Ministral 3 8B 2512: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, https://www.benchleader.com/models/ministral-8b-2512, data as of 13 Sept 2026.