Ministral 3B API
- Input
- $0.1per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.1per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K
Ministral 3B for OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses.
Explore Ministral 3B for OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses through the unified API. Supported interfaces and current availability are shown below.
- OpenAI-style Chat Completions
- Anthropic-style Messages
- OpenAI-style Responses
Model details
- Context window
- 131K tokens
- Max output
- —
- Input
- Text, images
- Output
- Text
- Capabilities
- Vision, Streaming, JSON output
- Interfaces
- OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses
Ministral 3B API pricing
Per 1M tokens. The Inferray price is what you are charged — no gateway fee is added on top of it.
| Metric | Price |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.1 |
| Cached input | Price not published |
| Output | $0.1 |
What Ministral 3B costs for real work
Typical workloads at list price, worked out from the rates above. Nothing is added on top.
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 chat replies | 1,500 tokens in, 400 out, each | $0.190 |
| Summarise a 100-page document | 60K tokens in, 2K out | $0.0062 |
| 10M tokens of coding-agent work | 10M tokens: 85% cached input, 12% fresh input, 3% output | $1.00 |
| 1M output tokens | Generated text only | $0.100 |
Ministral 3B is pay-as-you-go only
Ministral 3B is not included in Token Plans. Call it from a pay-as-you-go balance at the list price above, with no gateway fee.
Why teams pick it
- Ministral 3B for OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses.
Call Ministral 3B
Ministral 3B answers on any of the APIs below — pick the one your code already speaks and just swap in your Inferray key.
curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "ministral-3b-2512",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Hello"
}
]
}'curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/messages \
-H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "ministral-3b-2512",
"max_tokens": 1024,
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Hello"
}
]
}'curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/responses \
-H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "ministral-3b-2512",
"input": "Hello"
}'Conversation compaction is also available at POST /v1/responses/compact.
Use Ministral 3B in your tools
Every coding agent below has a setup guide. Set the model to ministral-3b-2512.
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Questions about this model
- How much does the Ministral 3B API cost?
- Ministral 3B costs $0.1 per 1M input tokens and $0.1 per 1M output tokens on Inferray. That is the list price, with no gateway fee on top.
- Is there a free tier for Ministral 3B?
- No. You add credit and pay Ministral 3B's list rate for each request — seats, projects, and API keys are free, and pay-as-you-go credit never expires.
- Am I charged for failed requests?
- No. A request that fails without returning a result is not billed. If a response fails part-way, the tokens already processed before the failure are charged.
- Is Ministral 3B included in Token Plans?
- No. Ministral 3B is pay-as-you-go only; Token Plans cover the other text models in the catalog.
- Can I use Ministral 3B in Claude Code?
- Yes. Set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL to https://api.inferray.com, ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN to your Inferray key, and ANTHROPIC_MODEL to ministral-3b-2512. The same key works in Codex, opencode, Cline, and other agents.
- Does Ministral 3B support tool calling and vision?
- Ministral 3B supports image input, JSON output and streaming on Inferray. It does not support tool calling.
- Is it the real Ministral 3B?
- Yes. A request for ministral-3b-2512 is answered by Ministral 3B from Mistral, billed at its published list price. Inferray never substitutes a different or smaller model.
Prices from the catalog as of November 12, 2026.