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Ministral 8B API Pricing

As of October 10, 2026, Ministral 8B costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens on Mistral AI, with cache reads at $0.015 per 1M tokens. Across 2 providers on LiteLLM, the input price ranges from $0.10 to $0.15. It has a 262,144-token context window and returns up to 262,144 tokens per response.

By Mistral AIModel ID mistral/ministral-8b-2512Prices updated Checked
Input
$0.15 / 1M tokens
Output
$0.15 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.015 / 1M tokens
Context window
262,144 tokens
Max output
262,144 tokens
Providers
2
Added to LiteLLM
July 2025

Ministral 8B pricing by provider

3 listings across 2 providers. Token prices are in US dollars per 1M tokens. The highlighted row is the price quoted above.

ProviderModel name in LiteLLMInputOutputCache readContext
Mistral AIsnapshot 2512mistral/ministral-8b-2512$0.15$0.15$0.015256K
Mistral AIlatest aliasmistral/ministral-8b-latest$0.15$0.15$0.015256K
Vercel AI Gatewayvercel_ai_gateway/mistral/ministral-8b$0.10$0.10–128K

What Ministral 8B costs in practice

1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each

Mistral AI$0.375
Vercel AI Gateway$0.25

100 long-document requests with 100,000 input and 2,000 output tokens each

Mistral AI$1.53
Vercel AI Gateway$1.02

Ministral 8B features

Use Ministral 8B with LiteLLM

Call Ministral 8B through the LiteLLM Python SDK, or put it behind the LiteLLM proxy and send OpenAI-format requests to /v1/chat/completions. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at these prices.

Python SDK
from litellm import completion

response = completion(
    model="mistral/ministral-8b-2512",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
Proxy config.yaml
model_list:
  - model_name: ministral-8b
    litellm_params:
      model: mistral/ministral-8b-2512
      api_key: os.environ/MISTRAL_API_KEY
Call the proxy
curl http://0.0.0.0:4000/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234" \
  -d '{
    "model": "ministral-8b",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Ministral 8B FAQ

How much does Ministral 8B cost?

Ministral 8B costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens on Mistral AI, with cache reads at $0.015 per 1M tokens. Across 2 providers on LiteLLM, the input price ranges from $0.10 to $0.15.

What is the context window of Ministral 8B?

Ministral 8B has a 262,144-token context window and returns up to 262,144 tokens per response.

Which providers offer Ministral 8B?

Ministral 8B is available from 2 providers through LiteLLM: Mistral AI and Vercel AI Gateway. The lowest price is on Vercel AI Gateway.

How do I call Ministral 8B with an OpenAI-compatible API?

Use the LiteLLM Python SDK with model="mistral/ministral-8b-2512", or add the model to the LiteLLM proxy's config.yaml and send requests to /v1/chat/completions from any OpenAI client. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at the prices on this page.

What features does Ministral 8B support?

Ministral 8B supports function calling, structured output and image input.

When did LiteLLM add Ministral 8B?

Ministral 8B was added to LiteLLM's model price file in July 2025.

Sources

Prices come from LiteLLM's open-source model_prices_and_context_window.json, which LiteLLM uses to calculate the cost of every request. Provider pricing pages:

LiteLLM docs: Mistral AI, Vercel AI Gateway.

Provider pages: Mistral AI, Vercel AI Gateway.