Ministral 3 3B 2512

MistralMCP Tool Call
mistral/ministral-3b-2512Open Weights

Compact Mistral model for edge, latency-sensitive, and cost-efficient workloads

Benchmark Pricing$0.10 / 1M in$0.10 / 1M out$0.01 cache read
Context: 131,072 tokens•Max Output: 104,857 tokens•Released: 2025-12-02

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window131,072131.1K tokens
Max Output104,857104.9K tokens
LicenseOpen SourceSelf-hostable
Input Modalities
TextVision
Function / Tool CallingSupported (MCP Ready)
Structured OutputsGuaranteed Schema

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

✓ Ministral 3 3B 2512 natively supports OpenAI / Anthropic format tool calling and is fully compatible with MCP servers and agent loops.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 131,072 tokens, this model can handle moderately large MCP tool definitions and multi-turn conversation logs comfortably.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Ministral 3 3B 2512 via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.MISTRAL_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "mistral/ministral-3b-2512",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

PRICING BY PROVIDER

10 providers
Mistralministral-3b-2512
$0.10 / $0.10$0.01 cache
Cortecsministral-3b-2512
$0.12 / $0.12$0.01 cache
NanoGPTmistralai/ministral-3b-2512
$0.10 / $0.10$0.05 cache
LLM Gatewaymistral/ministral-3b-2512
$0.10 / $0.10
AI/ML APImistralai/ministral-3b-2512
$0.21 / $0.21$0.01 cache
Eden AImistral/ministral-3b-2512
$0.10 / $0.10$0.01 cache
LowRouterauto/mistralai/ministral-3b-2512
$0.10 / $0.10$0.01 cache
Kilo Gatewaymistralai/ministral-3b-2512
$0.10 / $0.10$0.01 cache
DevPass (LLM Gateway)ministral-3b-2512
$0.10 / $0.10
OpenRoutermistralai/ministral-3b-2512
$0.10 / $0.10$0.01 cache

Rates in USD per 1M tokens. Rates synchronized from models.dev public catalog.

Prompt Caching Active

This model supports prompt caching at $0.01 / 1M tokens, saving up to 90% on repetitive MCP tool definitions and system instructions.