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 and Large (capability), Small and Ministral (efficiency) and dedicated code and audio models, all with European data-residency roots.
Facts and pricing
- Provider
- Mistral
- Context window
- 262K tokens
- Input price
- 1.8 credits / 1M tokens ($0.15 raw)
- Output price
- 1.8 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 1.20x 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 Large 4 | 1.0M | 8.4 | 25.2 | October 2026 |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | 262K | 18.0 | 90.0 | April 2026 |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) | 262K | 9.0 | 45.0 | April 2026 |
| Mistral Small 4 | 262K | 1.8 | 7.2 | March 2026 |
| Devstral 2 2512 | 262K | 4.8 | 24.0 | December 2025 |
| Ministral 3 14B 2512 | 262K | 2.4 | 2.4 | December 2025 |
| Ministral 3 8B 2512 | 262K | 1.8 | 1.8 | December 2025 |
| Ministral 3 3B 2512 | 131K | 1.2 | 1.2 | December 2025 |
| Mistral Large 3 2512 | 262K | 6.0 | 18.0 | December 2025 |
| Voxtral Small 24B 2507 | 33K | 1.2 | 3.6 | October 2025 |
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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 1.8 credits per million and output tokens 1.8 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.
Related models
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Mistral Medium 3.5 is a dense 128B instruction-following model from Mistral AI.
Mistral Medium 3.5 is a dense 128B instruction-following model from Mistral AI.
Mistral Small 4 is the next major release in the Mistral Small family, unifying the capabilities of several flagship Mistral models into a single system.
Devstral 2 is a state-of-the-art open-source model by Mistral AI specializing in agentic coding. It is a 123B-parameter dense transformer model supporting a 256K context window.
The largest model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 14B offers frontier capabilities and performance comparable to its larger Mistral Small 3.2 24B counterpart.
More you can do with Ministral 3 8B 2512
- 468 AI skillsReady-to-run expert methods for writing, data, code and more, each running on Ministral 3 8B 2512 or any model you pick.
- 997 integrationsConnect Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Notion and hundreds more so the assistant can work in your apps.
- Simple pricingPlus, Pro and Max plans with a monthly credit allowance that works across every model.