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Checked Active: 2026-10-15
Mistral

Ministral 3 (local)

Small edge models (3B, 8B, 14B) with vision for low-memory laptops.

Evaluation Analysis: Vision and tools. Plan on RAM or VRAM of roughly the download size plus 2 to 4 GB for context.
Context Window256K
Input Price / 1MFree (local)
Output Price / 1MFree (local)
Release Date2025-12

Run it locally

ollama run ministral-3
Ollama tag
ministral-3:8b (also 3b, 14b)
LM Studio name
mistralai/ministral-3-14b
Download size by quantization
3B 3.0 GB Q4; 8B 6.0 / 9.9 GB; 14B 9.1 / 15 GB
License
Apache 2.0

Memory needed is roughly the download size plus 2 to 4 GB for context. See how to run AI locally.

Specs and prices checked 2026-10-15 against the official page.

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