Is Mistral Medium 3.1 or Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512 cheaper?

Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512 is cheaper on output tokens ($0.10 vs $2.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Mistral Medium 3.1 or Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512?

Mistral Medium 3.1 has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512

Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512 is cheaper on output tokens, while Mistral Medium 3.1 offers a larger context window. Choose Mistral Medium 3.1 or Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Mistral Medium 3.1	Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512
Provider	Mistral	Mistral
Input / 1M tokens	$0.40	$0.10
Output / 1M tokens	$2.00	$0.10
Context window	262K	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	—
Released	Aug 2025	—

Mistral Medium 3.1 details →Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512 details →

FAQ

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