Ministral 3 8B 2512

Mistral· released 2 Dec 2025

mistralai/ministral-8b-2512

Input / 1M tokens: $0.15
Output / 1M tokens: $0.15

Context window262K tokens

Longest answer: 210K tokens

reads textreads imageopen weightstool callingvision

About

Ministral 3 8B 2512 is a Mistral model with text and image input and text output. It has vision and tool support, open weights, a 262,144-token context window, and a maximum output of 209,715 tokens. Its supplied summary characterizes it as an 8B model in the Ministral 3 family with vision capabilities. The model ID is mistralai/ministral-8b-2512, and its Hugging Face ID is mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512. It was released on 2025-12-02. Listed rates are USD 0.15 per 1M input tokens and USD 0.15 per 1M output tokens. The official page is on OpenRouter. Teams comparing model choices can consider its listed combination of image handling, tools, open weights, and equal per-token rates for input and output.

Who it is for

It suits builders seeking an open-weight model with image input and tool support. The equal listed rates for input and output may be useful for teams estimating mixed token workloads.

What is good

Open weights are available.
Accepts text and image inputs.
Supports tools and vision.
Context window is 262,144 tokens.
Input and output each cost USD 0.15 per 1M tokens.

What to know first

No video input is listed.
Maximum output is 209,715 tokens.

Verdict

Ministral 3 8B 2512 pairs vision and tool support with open weights and equal listed input and output rates. Its maximum output is below its context window.

Details

Lab: Mistralopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
Context: 262Kopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
Input price: $0.15 / 1Mopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
Output price: $0.15 / 1Mopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
Max output: 209,715 tokensopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
Inputs: text, imageopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
Open weights: Yesopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026

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Sources

openrouter.ai/mistralai/ministral-8b-2512· checked 3 Oct 2026