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Ministral

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Les Ministraux are two language models, Ministral 3B and Ministral 8B, that Mistral AI introduced for on-device and edge use on the first anniversary of Mistral 7B, both with a context length of up to 128k tokens. Both were offered on the API, and weights for Ministral 8B Instruct were published for research use under the Mistral Research License. [1] [2] Primary source

Timeline of Ministral →

Claims and evidence

  • Released Other sources give: [3]October 9, 2024 [4]release date [5]release date The changelog and both docs model pages give 2024-10-09; the announcement of 2024-10-16 says both models are available starting that day. Primary source[1]page date; Availability and pricing
  • Deprecated Primary source[6]Deprecated & retired models table, row Ministral 3B; row Ministral 8B [4]Deprecation date [5]Deprecation date
  • Retired Primary source[6]Deprecated & retired models table, row Ministral 3B; row Ministral 8B
  • Status AvailableRecord status follows Ministral 8B, whose instruct weights remain downloadable for research use under the Mistral Research License. Ministral 3B was API-only and is retired (see the variant). Both API endpoints were deprecated on 2025-12-02 and retired on 2025-12-31. Primary source[2] [6]Deprecated & retired models table, row Ministral 8B
  • Replaced by Ministral 3Ministral 3B is replaced by Ministral 3 3B and Ministral 8B by Ministral 3 8B. Primary source[6]Deprecated & retired models table, row Ministral 3B; row Ministral 8B, Alternative [4]Replacement [5]Replacement
      • Input text Primary source[4]Modalities [5]Modalities
      • Output text Primary source[4]Modalities [5]Modalities
      • Feature Function calling Primary source[1]second paragraph; Use cases [5]Features
      • Context window 128k tokensThe announcement adds that vLLM supported 32k at the time. Primary source[1]second paragraph [4]Context [5]Context
      • Access API Primary source[1]Availability and pricing

      Lineage

      Predecessors

      No known predecessor.

      Successors

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      Not derived from another model.

      Variants and derived

      None recorded.

      Siblings

      None recorded.

      All ancestors

      None.

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      Variants

      Ministral 3B

      Same dates as Ministral.

      • Variant Inline variant in this record.Offered on the API under the Mistral Commercial License only; the announcement lists weights for Ministral 8B Instruct only. No official parameter count beyond the name. Primary source[1]first paragraph; Availability and pricing [4]

      Status: Retired Evidence not assessed [6]Deprecated & retired models table, row Ministral 3B

      Also known as: ministral-3b-2410

      Differs in:

      • Access: API Evidence not assessed [1]Availability and pricing

      Ministral 8B

      Same dates as Ministral.

      • Variant Inline variant in this record. Primary source[1]first paragraph; Availability and pricing [5]

      Status: Available Evidence not assessed [2]

      Also known as: ministral-8b-2410, Ministral-8B-Instruct-2410

      Differs in:

      • Open weights: Yes Evidence not assessed [1]Availability and pricing [2]
      • Parameters: 8,019,808,256 Evidence not assessed [2]Ministral 8B Architecture [5]Weights table
      • Access: API, Open-weights download Evidence not assessed [1]Availability and pricing [2]

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