MistralText / ChatMinistral 3 3B 2512 API: Mistral AI's chat / LLM model, one key away
Ministral 3 3B 2512 via the ApexApi gateway
The smallest Ministral, and one of the cheapest models here. Built for edge-shaped workloads: routing, tagging, short replies. Call it through ApexApi's unified, OpenAI-compatible API with one `ak-` key, alongside every other model in the catalog. It supports a 131,072-token context window, tool / function calling, image (vision) input, and streaming responses. Pricing is $0.12 input and $0.12 output per 1M tokens, billed pay-per-use from your credit balance with no subscription.
Ministral 3 3B 2512 is served through ApexApi's unified, OpenAI-compatible API. One key, one format, with smart routing and automatic failover. Provider: Mistral AI.
Why Ministral 3 3B 2512
131,072-token context
Reason over long documents, codebases, and multi-turn history in a single request.
Tool & function calling
Structured outputs and tool orchestration for agentic and automation workloads.
Vision input
Send images alongside text for document, UI, and visual-understanding tasks.
Specifications
- Modality
- chat
- Context window
- 131.1K tokens
- Max output
- —
- Streaming
- Yes
- Tool / function calling
- Yes
- Vision input
- Yes
Ministral 3 3B 2512: measured reliability
From real calls ApexApi made to Ministral 3 3B 2512 during health sweeps over the last 30 days. Our own measurements, not vendor claims.
- Success rate
- 100%
- Avg latency
- 3.3s
- Calls measured
- 2
- Last checked
- Aug 30
See how Ministral 3 3B 2512 compares against every model we serve on the model rankings.
Ministral 3 3B 2512 pricing
- A million tokens in and a million out costs $0.24 here, all-in.
- That makes it the 1st cheapest of the 81 chat models we serve, ranked on output price.
- It runs 75× cheaper than Mistral Medium 3.5, the pricier option from the same maker.
Getting started with Ministral 3 3B 2512
OpenAI-compatible. Point your client at ApexApi, swap your key, and call it. No new SDK to learn.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.apexapi.dev/v1",
api_key="<YOUR_APEXAPI_KEY>",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mistralai/ministral-3b-2512",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Ministral 3 3B 2512 use cases
What teams build with Ministral 3 3B 2512 on ApexApi.
Agents & automation
Tool-using agents that orchestrate multi-step workflows and call APIs.
Coding assistants
Code generation, refactoring, reviews, and multi-file reasoning.
RAG & knowledge apps
Summarization and long-document Q&A grounded in your own data.
Ministral 3 3B 2512 vs other models
How it compares, and on ApexApi you can switch between any of them with a single string change, same key, same endpoint.
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How do I call Ministral 3 3B 2512 through ApexApi?
Create an ApexApi key, point your client at https://api.apexapi.dev/v1, and POST to /v1/chat/completions with the model set to `mistralai/ministral-3b-2512`. The API is OpenAI-compatible, so an existing OpenAI SDK works once you change the base URL and key.
How much does Ministral 3 3B 2512 cost on ApexApi?
$0.12 per million input tokens and $0.12 per million output tokens, all-in with no separate platform fee. You buy credits and pay per call, with no subscription or minimum.
What is the context window for Ministral 3 3B 2512?
131,072 tokens.
Does Ministral 3 3B 2512 support tool calling and image input?
Ministral 3 3B 2512 supports tool / function calling, image (vision) input, and streaming responses.
What should I use instead of Ministral 3 3B 2512?
From the same maker, Ministral 3 8B 2512 is the step up when this one falls short. Switching is one string: it runs on the same endpoint and the same key, so there is nothing to re-integrate.
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