Ministral 8B: Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of Mistral's Ministral 8B and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more. Click on any model to compare API providers for that model. For more details including relating to our methodology, see our FAQs.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:
Ministral 8B is of lower quality compared to average, with a MMLU score of 0.389 and a Intelligence Index across evaluations of 22.
Price:Ministral 8B is cheaper compared to average with a price of $0.10 per 1M Tokens (blended 3:1).
Ministral 8B Input token price: $0.10, Output token price: $0.10 per 1M Tokens.
Speed:Ministral 8B Input token price: $0.10, Output token price: $0.10 per 1M Tokens.
Ministral 8B is faster compared to average, with a output speed of 204.9 tokens per second.
Latency:Ministral 8B has a lower latency compared to average, taking 0.37s to receive the first token (TTFT).
Context Window:Ministral 8B has a smaller context windows than average, with a context window of 130k tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
Speed
Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better
Price
USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better
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Ministral 8B Model Details
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