Ministral 3 3B — pricing & specs
Ministral 3 3B is a nano model from Mistral, at capability tier 1 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog, as of 2026-10-09.
$/M-token pricing
as of 2026-10-09 · MistralWhat Ministral 3 3B costs in practice
| Scenario | Est. cost |
|---|---|
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $0.200 |
| A 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) | $0.0010 |
| 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) | $0.250 |
| 1M-token RAG chat session (900K cached in / 100K out) | $0.019 |
Estimated from list price (as of 2026-10-09) at the token mixes shown; your real cost depends on prompt/response length and cache hit-rate. Model your own volume →
Specifications
- Vendor
- Mistral
- Family
- Ministral 3
- Capability tier
- 1 / 8
- Size class
- NANO
- Category
- GENERAL
- Parameters
- 3B total · 3B active (MoE)
- Licensing
- Proprietary
Carbon footprint (modeled)
Modeled decode on a reference Cerebras Cerebras WSE-3 Turbo at 50% MBU, batch 32, global-avg grid. Compare all models & grids →
Alternatives at tier 1
Same capability tier, sorted by output price — the cheaper-capable options.
- Gemma 3 1BGoogleopen/M out
- Gemma 3 4BGoogleopen/M out
- Llama 3.2 3BMetaopen/M out
- Llama 3.2 1BMetaopen/M out
- Gemma 2 2BGoogleopen/M out
- Qwen2.5 3BAlibabaopen/M out
FAQ
How much does Ministral 3 3B cost per token?
Ministral 3 3B costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens (cached input $0.01/M), via Mistral, as of 2026-10-09.
What does a typical request with Ministral 3 3B cost?
At list price, a 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) with Ministral 3 3B costs about $0.0010, and 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) about $0.250.
What capability tier is Ministral 3 3B?
Ministral 3 3B sits at capability tier 1 of 8 on the Mintok scale (NANO size class).
Is Ministral 3 3B open-source or proprietary?
Ministral 3 3B is a proprietary model from Mistral, accessed via API.
Put Ministral 3 3B to work
Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.
Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.