Which has the larger context window, Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B or Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512?

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

Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B vs Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512

Q: Is Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B or Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 cheaper?

Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 is cheaper on output tokens ($0.15 vs $0.55 per 1M).

Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 is cheaper on output tokens, while Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 offers a larger context window. Choose Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B 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: Mistral Small 3.1 24B	Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512
Provider	Mistral	Mistral
Input / 1M tokens	$0.35	$0.15
Output / 1M tokens	$0.55	$0.15
Context window	128K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	—	—
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Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B details →Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 details →

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