Ministral 3 14B 2512
$0.20 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens · 262K context · vision, tools, JSON, open weights.
Prices checked Oct 21, 2026 · tracked by LLM Cost Index since Oct 21, 2026
What Ministral 3 14B 2512 costs per month
Estimated monthly bill for typical workloads, using the cached-input price for repeated context. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Customer chatbot 1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each | $49.92 |
| Document Q&A (RAG) 500 questions a day over retrieved documents | $17.88 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 200 tasks a day, long tool-heavy contexts | $28.20 |
| Content generation 30 long articles a day | $0.99 |
| Classification / extraction 100,000 short items a day | $189 |
Price history
We started tracking Ministral 3 14B 2512 on Oct 21, 2026; the chart appears as soon as there is a second data point. See all recent price changes.
Where to run Ministral 3 14B 2512: 3 providers
Mistral is the cheapest at $0.20 input / $0.20 output per 1M tokens. Uptime is the average over the last 30 days as reported by OpenRouter; see provider reliability.
Cheaper alternatives to Ministral 3 14B 2512
Models with the same tool calling, image input, structured output for at least 20% less (3:1 input/output mix), most capable first.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM 5.3 Flash Z.ai | $0.041 | $0.12 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek | $0.049 | $0.375 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| Ling 3.0 Flash VL inclusionAI | $0.06 | $0.18 | 131K | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| MiMo-V2.5 Xiaomi | $0.119 | $0.238 | 1.05M | visionaudiotoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | $0.09 | $0.30 | 262K | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
How to pay less for Ministral 3 14B 2512
For a customer chatbot (1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each) that costs $88.80 a month at list price without caching:
| Option | Per month | You save |
|---|---|---|
| Move to GLM 5.3 Flash (similar capabilities) | $16.82 | $71.98 (81%) |
| Use prompt caching (60% of input cached) | $49.92 | $38.88 (44%) |
Other workloads: cut-your-bill tool for Ministral 3 14B 2512.
Specifications
| Model ID | mistralai/ministral-14b-2512 |
| Input | text, image |
| Output | text |
| Tool calling | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | No |
| Open weights | Yes — mistralai/Ministral-3-14B-Instruct-2512 |
| Released | Dec 2, 2025 |
FAQ
- How much does Ministral 3 14B 2512 cost?
- $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; cached input costs $0.02 per million. Prices as of Oct 21, 2026.
- What is the context window of Ministral 3 14B 2512?
- 262K tokens, with up to 210K output tokens per response.
- Does Ministral 3 14B 2512 support images, tools and structured output?
- Images as input: yes. Tool calling: yes. Structured (JSON) output: yes. Reasoning mode: no.
- What are cheaper alternatives to Ministral 3 14B 2512?
- Models with the same key capabilities for at least 20% less include GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.041 / $0.12), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.049 / $0.375), Ling 3.0 Flash VL ($0.06 / $0.18).
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