# Ministral 3 8B release · 2025-12-02 · snapshot 2026-10-27

Creator: Mistral · 1 effort levels

| Effort level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E | On the frontier today | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministral 3 8B | Text, Image | 5.50 | $27.5 | 5.36s | no | `ministral-3-8b` |

Open weights · on the open-weights frontier today: 0 of 1

## Launch day (2025-12-02)

- Reached the frontier: 0 of 1
- Reached the open-weights frontier: 0 of 1
- Impact (intelligence × log-cost hypervolume gained): 0
- Rank: did not move the frontier; 45 releases this past year did
- Ministral 3 8B missed: 4.2 points below DeepSeek V3 0324 at 1.41× its cost


> Metrics snapshot: 2026-10-27T03:17:53Z. Intelligence index version: unknown. Release timeline, frontier age, release impact and shakeup cards are reconstructions using one selected snapshot's metrics, not a record of what was known at release. Scores, benchmark cost and derived value may change when the index methodology changes. Source documentation advertises v4.3.2; API correspondence is unverified.