Is Mistral Medium 3 or Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 cheaper?

Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 is cheaper on output tokens ($0.15 vs $2.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Mistral Medium 3 or Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512?

Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Mistral Medium 3 vs Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512

Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 is cheaper on output tokens, while Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 offers a larger context window. Choose Mistral Medium 3 or Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Mistral Medium 3	Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512
Provider	Mistral	Mistral
Input / 1M tokens	$0.40	$0.15
Output / 1M tokens	$2.00	$0.15
Context window	131K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	—
Released	May 2025	—

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