Ministral 3 8B 2512
Fast and lightVisionToolsMistral · Released December 2025
A balanced model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 8B is a powerful, efficient tiny language model with vision capabilities.
It belongs to Mistral's catalog, which spans Medium (capability), Small and Ministral (efficiency) and dedicated code models, all with European data-residency roots.
Facts and pricing
- Provider
- Mistral
- Context window
- 262K tokens
- Input price
- 1.7 credits / 1M tokens ($0.15 raw)
- Output price
- 1.7 credits / 1M tokens ($0.15 raw)
- Vision (image input)
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Extended reasoning
- No
Credits are what Zeplik bills: 1 credit = $0.10, computed from the raw provider rate with a 1.10x margin. Raw prices shown per 1M tokens.
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What Ministral 3 8B 2512 is best for
- High-volume everyday tasks where speed and cost matter: summaries, drafts, quick questions
- Long documents: the 262K-token window holds lengthy reports, contracts or papers whole
- Working with images: screenshots, charts, photos and scanned documents alongside text
- Tool use and agents: reliably calls functions, so it can search, run skills and drive workflows
Example prompts
Prompts that suit a fast and light model like Ministral 3 8B 2512:
- Summarize this article in five bullet points
- Rewrite this email to be shorter and friendlier
- Give me ten name ideas for a hiking newsletter
- Translate this paragraph to Spanish and keep the tone
Mistral family
| Model | Context | Input cr/M | Output cr/M | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | 262K | 16.5 | 82.5 | April 2026 |
| Mistral Small 4 | 262K | 1.7 | 6.6 | March 2026 |
| Devstral 2 2512 | 262K | 4.4 | 22.0 | December 2025 |
| Ministral 3 14B 2512 | 262K | 2.2 | 2.2 | December 2025 |
| Ministral 3 8B 2512 | 262K | 1.7 | 1.7 | December 2025 |
| Ministral 3 3B 2512 | 131K | 1.1 | 1.1 | December 2025 |
| Mistral Large 3 2512 | 262K | 5.5 | 16.5 | December 2025 |
| Voxtral Small 24B 2507 | 32K | 1.1 | 3.3 | October 2025 |
| Mistral Medium 3.1 | 131K | 4.4 | 22.0 | August 2025 |
| Codestral 2508 | 256K | 3.3 | 9.9 | August 2025 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is Ministral 3 8B 2512?
- Ministral 3 8B 2512 is an AI model by Mistral. A balanced model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 8B is a powerful, efficient tiny language model with vision capabilities.
- How much does Ministral 3 8B 2512 cost on Zeplik?
- Input tokens cost 1.7 credits per million and output tokens 1.7 credits per million (1 credit = $0.10; the raw provider rates are $0.15 and $0.15 per million). New accounts start with free credits.
- How long can a conversation with Ministral 3 8B 2512 be?
- Ministral 3 8B 2512 has a 262K-token context window (262,144 tokens), which covers the conversation plus any documents you attach.
- Does Ministral 3 8B 2512 support images and tools?
- Ministral 3 8B 2512 accepts image input and supports tool calling.
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