Ministral 3 3B 2512 API pricing
Mistral · Budget price tier · Apache 2.0 · released 2025-12. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $20.00 on Ministral 3 3B 2512; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, Schematron V2 Small, does it for $19.00. Ministral 3 3B 2512 has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 13th cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. Only one host, Mistral, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.10 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.10 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.01 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 131K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Available on
AWS Bedrock regions: ap-northeast-1, eu-west-1, us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2
Market position
On blended price ($0.10 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 91% of models in the Budget price tier: 13th cheapest of 160, tied with 3 others. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 95% of priced text models in the catalogue: 13th cheapest of 303, tied with 3 others. No Arena score has been published for Ministral 3 3B 2512, so this page does not rank it on quality and OptimNow's quality bars do not apply to it. 77 of the 160 models we list in the Budget price tier carry one. An unranked model is unmeasured, not poor: the benchmark needs votes, and a recent release has not had time to collect them.
Licence, size and capabilities
Ministral 3 3B 2512 is open source: its weights are published under Apache 2.0, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token. Its published size is 3B parameters. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Agents. Filling its 131K context window once costs $0.0131 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
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Mistral is the only host with a published rate, $0.10 input / $0.10 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Mistral (model maker, price we quote) | $0.10 | $0.10 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where Mistral publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $12 – $20 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $15 – $28 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $103 – $112 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $39 – $43 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $37 – $50 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $17 – $21 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $25 – $27 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $52 – $90 |
Price history
Ministral 3 3B 2512 has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.10 input / $0.10 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to Ministral 3 3B 2512
Ministral 3 3B 2512 carries no Arena score, so this page cannot place it against models of comparable quality. The alternatives below are its nearest neighbours on price in the Budget price tier.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: Gemma 4 26B A4B (Google) at $0.094 blended, 6% less.
- Next more expensive: Ling 3.1 Flash (inclusionai) at $0.108 blended, 8% more.
Other models from Mistral
The 8 nearest to Ministral 3 3B 2512 in price, of 19 other Mistral models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Mistral Nemo: $0.029 / $0.03
- Mistral Small 3: $0.05 / $0.08
- Ministral 3 8B 2512: $0.15 / $0.15
- Ministral 3 14B 2512: $0.20 / $0.20
- Mistral Small 3.2 24B: $0.10 / $0.30
- Voxtral Small 24B 2507: $0.10 / $0.30
- Mistral Small 4: $0.15 / $0.60
- Saba: $0.20 / $0.60
All 20 Mistral models and prices
Common questions about Ministral 3 3B 2512 pricing
- How much does Ministral 3 3B 2512 cost?
- Ministral 3 3B 2512 costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.10 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (Mistral). Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Ministral 3 3B 2512?
- Mistral is the only host with a published rate, $0.10 input / $0.10 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Ministral 3 3B 2512 offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.01 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Ministral 3 3B 2512 cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $20 on Ministral 3 3B 2512 at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Ministral 3 3B 2512 be self-hosted?
- Yes. Ministral 3 3B 2512 is open source: its weights are published under Apache 2.0, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token.
- Has the price of Ministral 3 3B 2512 changed?
- Ministral 3 3B 2512 has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.10 input / $0.10 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Its weights are published, which changes what you may run yourself: the cost gap between open weights and proprietary APIs.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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