Ministral 8B
ministral-8b
Last refreshed 2026-05-11. Next refresh: weekly.
Ministral 8B is worth evaluating for classification and json / tool use when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Decision context: JSON / Tool use task fit, 2 tracked provider routes, and research from 2026-04-19.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating classification and json / tool use
- Workloads that can use a 32k context window
- Buyers comparing 2 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
Cheapest output
$0.100
AWS Bedrock per 1M tokens
Provider routes
2
Tracked API hosts
Quality / dollar
Grade A
Ranked by benchmark score divided by cheapest output price
Freshness
2026-04-19
Researched 29d ago
Top use-case fit
Classification
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
JSON / Tool use
Q/$ A1 relevant benchmark in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Batch in / out | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Bedrock | $0.100 | $0.100 | - | Serverless |
| Mistral AI Studio | $0.150 | $0.150 | $0.050 / $0.050 | Serverless |
Benchmark peer barsfor JSON / Tool use
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
About
Compact efficient model optimized for cost-sensitive deployments
Ministral 8B has a 32K-token context window.
Ministral 8B input tokens at $0.1/1M, output at $0.1/1M.
Capabilities
Benchmark Scores(1)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| BFCL | 11.1 | — | https://gorilla.cs.berkeley.edu/leaderboard.html |
