A balanced Mistral model for chatbots, RAG and agents on affordable cards. Understands images and calls tools.
| AIME25 | 78.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 66.8 | |
| LiveCodeBench | 61.6 |
Which GPU does Ministral 3 8B need?
The entry configuration is 1x RTX4060TI, which delivers around 34 tokens per second. For more parallel requests and headroom on speed, go with 1x H200.
How much does Ministral 3 8B cost?
An hour of Ministral 3 8B runs from $0.39 to $8.20 depending on the GPU configuration. Billing is hourly: you pay for server time, not for tokens.
How do I call Ministral 3 8B from my code?
Once deployed you get an OpenAI-compatible endpoint: point any OpenAI client at the base_url you receive and pass ministral-3:8b as the model name. Code written against the OpenAI API needs no changes.
Does the data stay private?
Yes. Ministral 3 8B runs on a dedicated GPU server inside a private environment: requests and responses never reach the model vendor and are not used for training.
What context window and license does Ministral 3 8B have?
Ministral 3 8B holds 32K tokens of context per request and ships under the Apache 2.0 license, so you can use it commercially on your own hosting terms.