What Ministral 3 3B costs for real workloads
| Workload | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Support chatbot: 100K messages | $11.00 |
| RAG search: 10K queries with 6K-token context | $6.50 |
| Batch summarization: 1,000 long documents | $2.10 |
| Coding agent: 100 tasks, 50K context x 20 turns | $1.65 |
Chatbot: 800 input + 300 output tokens per message. RAG: 6,000 + 500 per query. Summarization: 20,000 + 1,000 per document. Coding agent: 20 turns per task over a 50K-token context, with 95% of input served from cache where the model supports it.
Ministral 3 3B vs similarly priced models
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cached / 1M | Blended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M | Groq | $0.030 | $0.030 | — | $0.030 |
| Prompt Guard 2 86M | Groq | $0.040 | $0.040 | — | $0.040 |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instant | Groq | $0.050 | $0.080 | — | $0.058 |
| Ministral 3 3B | Mistral AI | $0.10 | $0.10 | $0.010 | $0.10 |
| GPT OSS 20B | Groq | $0.075 | $0.30 | — | $0.13 |
| GPT OSS Safeguard 20B | Groq | $0.075 | $0.30 | — | $0.13 |
| Safety GPT OSS 20B | Groq | $0.075 | $0.30 | — | $0.13 |
| Ministral 3 8B | Mistral AI | $0.15 | $0.15 | $0.015 | $0.15 |
| Llama 4 Scout | Groq | $0.11 | $0.34 | — | $0.17 |
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Ministral 3 3B pricing FAQ
How much does the Ministral 3 3B API cost?
Ministral 3 3B costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens on Mistral AI, with cached input at $0.010 per million. Prices as of November 8, 2026.
How much does Ministral 3 3B cost for 1,000 requests?
At 1,000 input and 500 output tokens per request, 1,000 requests cost about $0.15.
Does Ministral 3 3B have a prompt caching discount?
Yes. Cached input is $0.010 per million tokens, 10x cheaper than fresh input. Workloads that resend the same context, like agents and chat with long system prompts, pay mostly the cached rate.
Is Ministral 3 3B expensive compared to other LLM APIs?
It ranks #4 cheapest of 76 models we track on a blended price (3 input tokens per output token) of $0.10 per million tokens.
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