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| Attribute | Ministral 3 3B Mistral AI |
|---|---|
| Summary | A compact 3B Mistral model designed for local, edge, and private multimodal applications. |
| Best for | On-device or private assistants, edge RAG, extraction, multimodal apps |
| Watch out for | Lower reasoning and knowledge capacity than larger Mistral models. |
| Family | Ministral 3 |
| Type | Multimodal LLM |
| Status | GA / open weights |
| Released | 2025-12-02 |
| Context window | 262.1K |
| Max output | Not listed |
| Inputs | Text, image |
| Outputs | Text |
| Reasoning | General reasoning |
| Tool calling | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes |
| API available | Yes and self-hosted |
| Open weights | Yes |
| Self-hostable | Yes |
| License | Apache 2.0 |
| Price | $0.20 input / $0.20 output per 1M tokens (14B listing; check tier) |