Ministral 3 8B
No shutdown before this date. Ministral 3 8B stays on Amazon Bedrock until at least Dec 2, 2026.
≥ 49 days- Earliest retirement
- ≥ 49 daysDec 2, 2026 · Amazon Bedrock
- List price · $ per 1M
- $0.15 in $0.15 outMistral API
- Context window
- 256Ktokens
- Released
- Dec 2, 2025Mistral AI
Dates on every platform
2 listings · a floor is the earliest possible date
| Platform | Model ID and status | Deprecated | Shuts down | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon BedrockAmazon Web Services: Amazon Bedrock ListFoundationModels, us-east-1 (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026 | mistral.ministral-3-8b-instructActive | – | ≥ 49 daysNot sooner than | – |
| Mistral APIMistral AI: Ministral 3 8B model card (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026 | ministral-8b-2512Active · also ministral-8b-latest | – | None set | – |
Mistral's lifecycle policy gives General Availability models six months of deprecation notice.
What breaks when you move off Ministral 3 8B
No breaking changes are recorded for Ministral 3 8B.
List prices
$ per 1M tokens, with each price’s source
| Platform | Input | Cached | Output | In effect | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Bedrockmistral.ministral-3-8b-instruct | $0.15 | – | $0.15 | Oct 1, 2026Current · Standard on-demand tier in us-east-1. | Amazon Web Services: AWS Price List API: AmazonBedrock, us-east-1 (opens in a new tab) |
Mistral APIministral-8b-2512 | $0.15 | – | $0.15 | Dec 2, 2025Current | Mistral AI: API pricing (opens in a new tab) |
Change history
ShutdownMistral Small Creative retires from the Mistral APIMistral API
The Labs model labs-mistral-small-creative stopped answering on 30 April 2026. Mistral names Ministral 3 8B as the replacement.
- Platform
- Mistral API
- Replacement
- Ministral 3 8B
- Announced