Ministral 3 14B 2512 vs Ministral 3 3B 2512

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Data updated on September 30, 2026· 217 models

Mistral14B 2512

The largest model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 14B offers frontier capabilities and performance comparable to its larger Mistral Small 3.2 24B counterpart.

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Reasoning estimated
Speed estimated
Input
Output
Context
▲262 K tokens
Max output
▲210 K
Input, $ per 1M tokens
$0.200
Output, $ per 1M tokens
$0.200
Cache read, $ per 1M
$0.020
Batch (input / output)
—
Tool calling
Yes
Released
12/03/2025
Knowledge cutoff
—
API id
mistralai/ministral-14b-2512
Mistral3B 2512

The smallest model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 3B is a powerful, efficient tiny language model with vision capabilities.

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Reasoning estimated
Speed estimated
Input
Output
Context
131 K tokens
Max output
105 K
Input, $ per 1M tokens
▲$0.100
Output, $ per 1M tokens
▲$0.100
Cache read, $ per 1M
$0.010
Batch (input / output)
—
Tool calling
Yes
Released
12/03/2025
Knowledge cutoff
—
API id
mistralai/ministral-3b-2512
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Which is the better API choice: Ministral 3 14B 2512 vs Ministral 3 3B 2512?

  • Ministral 3 3B 2512: cheapest input (50% less than Ministral 3 14B 2512)
  • Ministral 3 3B 2512: cheapest output
  • Ministral 3 14B 2512: largest context (262 K)

Ministral 3 3B 2512 costs 50% less on input and 50% less on output than Ministral 3 14B 2512 ($0.100 / $0.100 versus $0.200 / $0.200 per million tokens). Ministral 3 14B 2512 accepts more context (262 K).

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Estimate the monthly cost with your app's real volume. List prices, no cache or batch discounts.

Ministral 3 14B 2512
$3.80/mo
Ministral 3 3B 2512
$1.90/mo

With Ministral 3 3B 2512 you save $1.90 a month versus Ministral 3 14B 2512 (50% less).

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Paste your prompt: tokens and cost per model

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76tokens approx.287 characters

Cost of sending it 1,000 times (input only)

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Frequently asked questions

Which is the better API choice: Ministral 3 14B 2512 vs Ministral 3 3B 2512?

Ministral 3 3B 2512 costs 50% less on input and 50% less on output than Ministral 3 14B 2512 ($0.100 / $0.100 versus $0.200 / $0.200 per million tokens). Ministral 3 14B 2512 accepts more context (262 K).

Which is cheaper: Ministral 3 14B 2512 and Ministral 3 3B 2512?

Ministral 3 3B 2512 is cheaper: $0.100 per million input tokens and $0.100 per million output tokens, versus $0.200 / $0.200 for Ministral 3 14B 2512.

Which has more context: Ministral 3 14B 2512 and Ministral 3 3B 2512?

Ministral 3 14B 2512 accepts 262 K tokens of context; Ministral 3 3B 2512 accepts 131 K.

What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Ministral 3 14B 2512 and Ministral 3 3B 2512?

With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Ministral 3 14B 2512: $3.80; Ministral 3 3B 2512: $1.90 a month, at list price.

Where do the prices come from and how often are they updated?

From the public catalogs of OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM, which publish each provider's list prices. They sync once a day and the last update date is shown above the comparison.

What does price per million tokens mean?

It is what the provider charges per million tokens you send (input) or the model generates (output). A token is roughly 4 characters. Output almost always costs more than input.

Sources: OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM. Prices in USD per million tokens, list price, no volume discounts. Prompt tokens are an estimate; each provider's tokenizer may differ.