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Migrate off Ministral 8B (2410)

Deprecated

Ministral 8B (2410) is deprecated and shuts down on 31 Dec 2025. Mistral's official replacement is Ministral 3 8B. The cheapest comparable model we track is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (Meta) at $0.022 per 1M tokens blended.

Last verified: 13 Aug 2026 · sourced from official provider documentation

StatusDeprecatedMistral
Shutdown date31 Dec 2025deprecated 2 Dec 2025
Official replacementMinistral 3 8B$0.15 /M blendedCheapest alternativeLlama 3.1 8B Instruct$0.022 /M blended
What changes

Ministral 8B (2410) → Ministral 3 8B

SpecMinistral 8B (2410)Ministral 3 8B
StatusDeprecatedGA
Blended price /1M—$0.15
Input / output /1M—$0.15 / $0.15
Context window—256K
Max output——
Modalitytexttext, vision
Knowledge cutoff——

API string was ministral-8b-2410 → switch to ministral-8b-2512. See Ministral 3 8B's full spec sheet →

Cheapest alternatives

Budget-friendly replacements for Ministral 8B (2410)

Generally-available models that match Ministral 8B (2410)'s capabilities, ranked by blended price. Every number is computed from official catalog prices.

ModelBlended /1MInput / outputContext
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
$0.022$0.02 / $0.03128K
Amazon Nova Micro
Amazon
$0.061$0.035 / $0.14128K
Command R7B
Cohere
$0.066$0.037 / $0.15128K
FAQ

Migrating off Ministral 8B (2410)

What replaces Ministral 8B (2410)?

Mistral's recommended migration for Ministral 8B (2410) is Ministral 3 8B. The cheapest comparable model in our catalog is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (Meta) at $0.022/1M blended.

When is Ministral 8B (2410) shut down?

Ministral 8B (2410) is deprecated and scheduled to shut down on 31 Dec 2025 (deprecated 2 Dec 2025). Migrate before that date to avoid a 404.

What is the cheapest alternative to Ministral 8B (2410)?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (Meta) is the cheapest generally-available alternative we track that matches Ministral 8B (2410)'s capabilities, at $0.02 per 1M input and $0.03 per 1M output tokens ($0.022/1M blended).

Browse the full deprecation watch → or see Ministral 8B (2410)'s full spec sheet →