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Ministral 8B (2410)

Deprecated

Original Ministral 8B (v24.10). Deprecated 2025-12-02, retired 2025-12-31, replaced by Ministral 3 8B. Past retirement as of 2026-06-28. Release date refined from '2024-10' 2026-08-07 from Mistral's typed docs schema (`releaseDate`, https://github.com/mistralai/platform-docs-public/tree/main/src/schema/models/models).

Ministral 8B (2410) by Mistral is tracked live in our LLM catalog. It is deprecated, shutting down 31 Dec 2025; the recommended replacement is Ministral 3 8B. Its weights are publicly downloadable, so it can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure.

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

Lifecycle warning

This model is deprecated. Scheduled shutdown: 31 Dec 2025. Recommended migration: Ministral 3 8B.

Read the Ministral 8B (2410) migration guide → replacement & cheapest alternatives

Provider
Mistral
Status
Deprecated
Input price
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Output price
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Cached input
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Blended price
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Context window
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Max output
—
Modality
text
Open weights
Yes — self-hostable
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released
9 Oct 2024
API string
ministral-8b-2410

Source: Mistral official documentation ↗

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FAQ

Ministral 8B (2410) — questions & answers

Is Ministral 8B (2410) being deprecated or retired?

Ministral 8B (2410) is deprecated. Its scheduled shutdown date is 31 Dec 2025. The recommended migration is Ministral 3 8B.

Does Ministral 8B (2410) support image or vision input?

Our catalog lists Ministral 8B (2410)'s modalities as text; image/vision input is not among them.

Can I self-host Ministral 8B (2410)?

Yes — Ministral 8B (2410) is an open-weight model: its weights are publicly downloadable, so you can run it on your own infrastructure (subject to its license) instead of only calling Mistral's API.

What is the API model string for Ministral 8B (2410)?

The API model identifier for Ministral 8B (2410) is "ministral-8b-2410" when calling Mistral's API.